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.
EXPLICATE
explicate, formulate, develop
(verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; “Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”
explain, explicate
(verb) make plain and comprehensible; “He explained the laws of physics to his students”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
explicate (third-person singular simple present explicates, present participle explicating, simple past and past participle explicated)
(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.
Adjective
explicate (comparative more explicate, superlative most explicate)
(obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. explicatus, p.p. of explicare.]
Definition: Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.
Ex"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating().]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." Blackmore.
2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
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