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.
DISEMBODY
disembody
(verb) free from a body or physical form or reality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disembody (third-person singular simple present disembodies, present participle disembodying, simple past and past participle disembodied)
To cause someone's soul, spirit, consciousness, voice, etc, to become separated from the physical body.
To separate (a part of the body) from the body.
To discharge from military service or array.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`em*bod"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembodying.]
1. To divest of the or corporeal existence. Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers,-Wilhelm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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