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.
EPIBOLY
Etymology
Noun
epiboly (usually uncountable, plural epibolies)
(embryology) The expansion of one cell sheet over other cells, as takes place during gastrulation or secondary intention wound healing.
Source: Wiktionary
E*pib"o*ly, n. Etym: [Cf. Gr. (Biol.)
Definition: Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONFIDENCE
(noun) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; “public confidence in the economy”
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