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.
IDEATING
Verb
ideating
present participle of ideate
Source: Wiktionary
IDEATE
I*de"at, I*de"ate, n. Etym: [LL. ideatum. See Idea.] (Metaph.)
Definition: The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
I*de"ate, v. t.
1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.] The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God. Sir T. Browne.
2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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