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.
FRESHENING
Verb
freshening
present participle of freshen
Noun
freshening (plural freshenings)
The act by which something is freshened.
Source: Wiktionary
FRESHEN
Fresh"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n. Freshening]
1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse. Totten. To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.
– To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
– To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Fresh"en, v. i.
1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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