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.
DEARTICULATE
Etymology
Verb
dearticulate (third-person singular simple present dearticulates, present participle dearticulating, simple past and past participle dearticulated)
(transitive, rare) to disarticulate (common form), to disjoint.
Source: Wiktionary
De`ar*tic"u*late, v. t.
Definition: To disjoint.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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