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.
EXACERBATED
Verb
exacerbated
simple past tense and past participle of exacerbate
Source: Wiktionary
EXACERBATE
Ex*ac"er*bate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerrating.] Etym: [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate.]
Definition: To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. Broughman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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