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.
EXCAMBED
Verb
excambed
simple past tense and past participle of excamb
Source: Wiktionary
EXCAMB
Ex*camb", Ex*cam"bie, v. t. Etym: [LL. excambiare, excambire; L. ex out + cambire. See Change, and cf. Exchange.] (Scots Law)
Definition: To exchange; -- used with reference to transfers of land.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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