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.
DISENDOW
Etymology
Verb
disendow (third-person singular simple present disendows, present participle disendowing, simple past and past participle disendowed)
To deprive of an endowment.
Anagrams
• dies down, disowned, downside
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`en*dow", v. t.
Definition: To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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