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.
HYDROLYTIC
Adjective
hydrolytic (comparative more hydrolytic, superlative most hydrolytic)
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by hydrolysis.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`dro*lyt"ic, a. Etym: [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water. Hydrolytic agents, such as sulphuric acid or caustic alkali. Encyc. Brit. Hydrolitic ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, enzyme, or chemical ferment, which acts only in the presence of water, and which causes the substance acted upon to take up a molecule of water. Thus, diastase of malt, ptyalin of saliva, and boiling dilute sulphuric acid all convert starch by hydration into dextrin and sugar. Nearly all of the digestive ferments are hydrolytic in their action.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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