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.
DISENTRAIN
Etymology
Verb
disentrain (third-person singular simple present disentrains, present participle disentraining, simple past and past participle disentrained)
To disembark from a train.
To precipitate out of a flowing current.
To disrupt an organism's circadian rhythm so that it is not aligned with its environment.
(more generally) To disrupt a body's homeostatic patterns.
(neurobiology) To extinguish a conditioned association.
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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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