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.
INJECTED
Verb
injected
simple past tense and past participle of inject
Source: Wiktionary
INJECT
In*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb. n. Injecting.] Etym: [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill. Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs. Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.] And mound inject on mound. Pope.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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