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.
CONVIVED
Verb
convived
simple past tense and past participle of convive
Source: Wiktionary
CONVIVE
Con*vive", v. i. Etym: [L. convivari; akin to convivium a feast, convivere to live or feast together; con- + vivere to live.]
Definition: To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] "There, in the full, convive we." Shak.
Con"vive, n. Etym: [L. conviva: cf. F. convive.]
Definition: A quest at a banquet. [R.] Beaumont.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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