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.
ENERVATES
Verb
enervates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enervate
Anagrams
• venerates
Source: Wiktionary
ENERVATE
E*ner"vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.]
Definition: To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. Macaulay. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. Dryden.
Syn.
– To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.
E*ner"vate, a. Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p.]
Definition: Weakened; weak; without strength of force. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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