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.
HIVED
Verb
hived
simple past tense and past participle of hive
Source: Wiktionary
HIVE
Hive, n. Etym: [OE. hive, huve, AS. h.]
1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.
2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.
3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson. Hive bee (Zoöl.), the honeybee.
Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]
1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store. Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.
Hive, v. i.
Definition: To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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