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.
EMENDING
Verb
emending
present participle of emend
Source: Wiktionary
EMEND
E*mend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] Etym: [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. Ă©mender. 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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