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.
DEDUCTS
Verb
deducts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deduct
Source: Wiktionary
DEDUCT
De*duct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deducting.] Etym: [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See Deduce.]
1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.] A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. Udall.
2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. Pope. Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. Bp. Burnet. We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. Norris.
3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days." Massinger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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