dealbate (third-person singular simple present dealbates, present participle dealbating, simple past and past participle dealbated)
(obsolete, transitive) To whiten.
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Source: Wiktionary
De*al"bate, v. t. Etym: [L. dealbatus, p. p. of dealbare. See Daub.]
Definition: To whiten. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
