In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CONTACTED
Verb
contacted
simple past tense and past participle of contact
Source: Wiktionary
CONTACT
Con"tact, n. Etym: [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]
1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.
3. (Mining)
Definition: The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock. Raymond. Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other;
– used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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