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.
EXARATE
Etymology 1
Adjective
exarate (comparative more exarate, superlative most exarate)
(entomology, of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.
Etymology 2
Verb
exarate (third-person singular simple present exarates, present participle exarating, simple past and past participle exarated)
(obsolete) To plough up.
(obsolete) To write or engrave.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"a*rate, v. t. Etym: [L. exaratus, p. p. of exarare to plow up, to write; ex out + arare to plow.]
Definition: To plow up; also, to engrave; to write. [Obs.] Blount.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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