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.
INTERMEDIATED
Verb
intermediated
simple past tense and past participle of intermediate
Source: Wiktionary
INTERMEDIATE
In`ter*me"di*ate, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.]
Definition: Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors. Intermediate state (Theol.), the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body.
– Intermediate terms (Math.), the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means.
– Intermediate tie. (Arch.) Same as Intertie.
In`ter*me"di*ate, v. i.
Definition: To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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