In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
INGEMINATE
repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
(verb) to say, state, or perform again; “She kept reiterating her request”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
ingeminate (third-person singular simple present ingeminates, present participle ingeminating, simple past and past participle ingeminated)
(transitive) To say (a statement, word etc.) two or more times; to reiterate, to emphasize through repetition.
Adjective
ingeminate (comparative more ingeminate, superlative most ingeminate)
redoubled
reiterated
Anagrams
• matineeing
Source: Wiktionary
In*gem"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. ingeminatus, p. p.]
Definition: Redoubled; repeated. Jer. Taylor.
In*gem"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingeminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingeminating.] Etym: [L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See Geminate.]
Definition: To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. Clarendon. . . . She yet ingeminates The last of sounds, and what she hears relates. Sandys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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