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.
EMBOSOMED
Verb
embosomed
simple past tense and past participle of embosom
Source: Wiktionary
EMBOSOM
Em*bos"om, v. t. Etym: [Written also imbosom.]
1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.
2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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