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.
GREES
Noun
grees
plural of gree
Anagrams
• Geers, Geres, Seger, egers, egres, geers, serge
Source: Wiktionary
GREE
Gree, n. Etym: [F. gré. See Grateful, and cf. Agree.]
1. Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably. [Obs.] Chaucer. Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke. Fairfax.
2. Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer. He is a shepherd great in gree. Spnser.
3. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.
Gree, v. i. Etym: [From Agree.]
Definition: To agree. [Obs.] Fuller.
Gree, n.; pl. Grees (grez); obs. plurals Greece (gres) Grice (grs or grs), Grise, Grize (grz or grz), etc. Etym: [OF. gré, F. grade. See Grade.]
Definition: A step.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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