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.
COOPT
Verb
coopt (third-person singular simple present coopts, present participle coopting, simple past and past participle coopted)
Alternative spelling of co-opt
Anagrams
• Copto-
Source: Wiktionary
Co*öpt", v. t. Etym: [See Coöptate. Cf. F. coopter.]
Definition: To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.] Each of the hundred was to coöpt three others. Jowett (Thysyd. ).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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