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.
IMBRANGLE
Verb
imbrangle (third-person singular simple present imbrangles, present participle imbrangling, simple past and past participle imbrangled)
Archaic form of embrangle.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*bran"gle, v. t.
Definition: To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] Hudibras. Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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