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.
INCHOATION
Etymology
Noun
inchoation (plural inchoations)
A beginning or origin.
Source: Wiktionary
In`cho*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. inchoatio, incohatio.]
Definition: Act of beginning; commencement; inception. The setting on foot some of those arts, in those parts, would be looked on as the first inchoation of them. Sir M. Hale. It is now in actual progress, from the rudest inchoation to the most elaborate finishing. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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