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.
DISPELLED
DISPEL
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions; “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dispelled
simple past tense and past participle of dispel
Source: Wiktionary
DISPEL
Dis*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] Etym: [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.]
Definition: To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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