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.
CRIMINATE
reprimand, censure, criminate
(verb) rebuke formally
accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
(verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against; “The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
criminate (third-person singular simple present criminates, present participle criminating, simple past and past participle criminated)
(transitive) To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate. [from 17th c.]
(transitive, now, rare) To rebuke or censure (someone). [from 17th c.]
Anagrams
• anticrime, antimeric, carminite, macrinite, metrician
Source: Wiktionary
Crim"i*nate (kr, v. t. [imp & p. p. Criminated (-n; p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n.] Etym: [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.]
1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. Burke.
2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge. Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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