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.
DESTEMPERING
DESTEMPER
Des*tem"per, n. Etym: [Cf. F. détrempe, fr. détremper.]
Definition: A kind of painting. See Distemper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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