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.
GRAFFED
Verb
graffed
simple past tense and past participle of graff
Source: Wiktionary
GRAFF
Graff, n. Etym: [OE. grafe, greife, greive. Cf. Margrave.]
Definition: A steward; an overseer. [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ. John Knox.
Graff n. & v.
Definition: See Graft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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