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.
DISEMBARKS
Verb
disembarks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
Source: Wiktionary
DISEMBARK
Dis`em*bark", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer.]
Definition: To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. Shak.
Dis`em*bark", v. i.
Definition: To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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