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.
DISLEAVING
Verb
disleaving
present participle of disleave
Source: Wiktionary
DISLEAVE
Dis*leave", v. t.
Definition: To deprive of leaves. [R.] The cankerworms that annually that disleaved the elms. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ERASE
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