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.
DREEING
Etymology
Verb
dreeing
present participle of dree
Anagrams
• Deering, Edinger, energid, enridge, reeding, reigned
Source: Wiktionary
DREE
Dree, v. t. Etym: [AS. dreĆ³gan to bear, endure, complete.]
Definition: To endure; to suffer. [Scot.]
Dree, v. i.
Definition: To be able to do or endure. [Obs.]
Dree, a.
Definition: Wearisome; tedious. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; āAs a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguousā- Mario Vargas Llosa
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