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.
GRANDFATHERLIER
GRANDFATHERLY
Grand"fa"ther*ly, a.
Definition: Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPECT
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
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