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.
DISPRISONS
Verb
disprisons
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprison
Source: Wiktionary
DISPRISON
Dis*pris"on, v. t.
Definition: To let loose from prison, to set all liberty. [R.] Bulwer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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18 May 2025
OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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