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.
GEOMETRIZE
Etymology
Verb
geometrize (third-person singular simple present geometrizes, present participle geometrizing, simple past and past participle geometrized)
(intransitive) To study or use geometry.
(transitive) To convert to geometrical form.
Source: Wiktionary
Ge*om"e*trize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Geometrized; p. pr. & vb. n. Geometrizing.]
Definition: To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PROGRESSIVISM
(noun) the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
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