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.
EXTRAVAGATING
Verb
extravagating
present participle of extravagate
Source: Wiktionary
EXTRAVAGATE
Ex*trav"a*gate, v. i. Etym: [Pref. extra + L. vagatus, p. p. of vagari to rove. See Extravagant.]
Definition: To rove. Bp. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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