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.
DISHERIT
Etymology
Verb
disherit (third-person singular simple present disherits, present participle disheriting, simple past and past participle disherited)
(obsolete) To disinherit.
Anagrams
• histerid, tiredish
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheriting.] Etym: [F. déshériter; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + hériter to inherit. See Inherit, and cf. Dusheir, Disinherit.]
Definition: To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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