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.
COPULATION
Etymology
Noun
copulation (countable and uncountable, plural copulations)
(countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
Synonyms
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Source: Wiktionary
Cop`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. copulatio: cf. F. copulation.]
1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction. Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas. Johnson.
2. The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CIRCULATE
(verb) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; “Blood circulates in my veins”; “The air here does not circulate”
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