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.
EXSECT
Verb
exsect (third-person singular simple present exsects, present participle exsecting, simple past and past participle exsected)
(transitive) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.
Anagrams
• exects
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*sect", v. t. Etym: [L. exsectio.]
1. A cutting out or away. E. Darwin.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CLOG
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
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