In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ELONGATE
elongate, elongated
(adjective) having notably more length than width; being long and slender; “an elongate tail tapering to a point”; “the old man’s gaunt and elongated frame”
linear, elongate
(adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
elongate, stretch
(verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching; “stretch the fabric”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
elongate (third-person singular simple present elongates, present participle elongating, simple past and past participle elongated)
(transitive) To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
Synonyms: extend, stretch
(intransitive) To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
(transitive, obsolete) To move to or place at a distance (from something).
(intransitive, obsolete) To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
Adjective
elongate (comparative more elongate, superlative most elongate)
Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
E*lon"gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] Etym: [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.]
1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
E*lon"gate, v. i.
Definition: To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
E*lon"gate, a. Etym: [LL. elongatus.]
Definition: Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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