In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DEPOLARIZED
Verb
depolarized
simple past tense and past participle of depolarize
Source: Wiktionary
DEPOLARIZE
De*po"lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depolarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Depolarizing.] Etym: [Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. dƩpolarizer.]
1. (Opt.)
Definition: To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition.
Note: This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarization, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyzer.
2. (Elec.)
Definition: To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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