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.
INASMUCH
Etymology
Adverb
inasmuch (not comparable)
(obsolete) In like degree; in like manner; to the same or similar degree; likewise. [14th c.]
Anagrams
• humanics, nusachim
Source: Wiktionary
In`as*much", adv. Etym: [In + as + much.]
Definition: In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Matt. xxv. 45.
Syn.
– Because; since; for; as. See Because.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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