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.
FLEXED
Verb
flexed
simple past tense and past participle of flex
Anagrams
• deflex
Source: Wiktionary
FLEX
Flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flexing.] Etym: [L. flexus, p.p. of flectere to bend, perh. flectere and akin to falx sickle, E. falchion. Cf. Flinch.]
Definition: To bend; as, to flex the arm.
Flex, n.
Definition: Flax. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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