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.
FECUNDATING
Verb
fecundating
present participle of fecundate
Source: Wiktionary
FECUNDATE
Fec"un*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fecundated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fecundating.] Etym: [L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See Fecund.]
1. To make fruitful or prolific. W. Montagu.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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