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.
DITE
Etymology
Verb
dite (third-person singular simple present dites, present participle diting, simple past and past participle dited)
(obsolete, transitive) To prepare for use or action; to make ready.
Anagrams
• -tide, DIET, Diet, diet, diĂ«t, edit, edit., tide, tied
Source: Wiktionary
Dite, v. t. Etym: [See Dight.]
Definition: To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.] His hideous club aloft he dites. 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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