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.
FORESHADOWING
adumbrative, foreshadowing, prefigurative
(adjective) indistinctly prophetic
prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration
(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
foreshadowing
present participle of foreshadow
Noun
foreshadowing (usually uncountable, plural foreshadowings)
(authorship, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
Source: Wiktionary
FORESHADOW
Fore*shad"ow, v. t.
Definition: To shadow or typi Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GRIEVOUS
(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”
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