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.
EMPEACH
Verb
empeach (third-person singular simple present empeaches, present participle empeaching, simple past and past participle empeached)
Obsolete form of impeach.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*peach", v. t.
Definition: To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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