In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
CONSTUPRATE
Etymology
Verb
constuprate (third-person singular simple present constuprates, present participle constuprating, simple past and past participle constuprated)
(obsolete) To rape, violate. [16th-17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Con"stu*prate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Construprated; p.p. & vb.n. Constuprating.] Etym: [L. constupratus, p.p. of constuprare to ravish; con- + stuprare to ravish, stuprum rape.]
Definition: To ravish; to debauch. Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MECHANISM
(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”
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