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.
GREATENS
Verb
greatens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greaten
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Source: Wiktionary
GREATEN
Great"en, v. t.
Definition: To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. [R.] A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king]. Ken.
Great"en, v. i.
Definition: To become large; to dilate. [R.] My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AROMATIC
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