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.
CURARIZE
Etymology
Verb
curarize (third-person singular simple present curarizes, present participle curarizing, simple past and past participle curarized)
(transitive) To poison with curare.
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"ra*rize (-rz), v. t.
Definition: To poison with curare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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