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.
FIXATE
fixate, settle on
(verb) become fixed (on); “Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon”
fixate, fix
(verb) make fixed, stable or stationary; “let’s fix the picture to the frame”
fixate
(verb) pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; “The media are fixating on Princess Diana’s death”
fixate
(verb) attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; “He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
fixate (third-person singular simple present fixates, present participle fixating, simple past and past participle fixated)
(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
To stare fixedly at something.
(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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