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.
IMPACTED
impacted, wedged
(adjective) wedged or packed in together; “an impacted tooth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
impacted
simple past tense and past participle of impact
Adjective
impacted (comparative more impacted, superlative most impacted)
Having undergone an impact.
(dentistry) Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction.
(US, economics) Having lost property revenue due to Federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pact"ed, a.
Definition: Driven together or close. Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable.
IMPACT
Im*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.] Etym: [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.]
Definition: To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward.
Im"pact, n.
1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. Southey.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
3 February 2025
CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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