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.
EMEND
emend
(verb) make improvements or corrections to; “the text was emended in the second edition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
emend (third-person singular simple present emends, present participle emending, simple past and past participle emended)
(transitive) To correct and revise (text or a document).
Anagrams
• Emden, Meden, Mende
Source: Wiktionary
E*mend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] Etym: [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.]
Definition: To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.
Syn.
– To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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