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.
EXPLAT
Ex*plat", Ex*plate", v. t. Etym: [Pref. ex-+plat or plait.]
Definition: To explain; to unfold. [Obs.] Like Solon's self explatest the knotty laws. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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