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.
INTERPENETRATED
Verb
interpenetrated
simple past tense and past participle of interpenetrate
Source: Wiktionary
INTERPENETRATE
In`ter*pen"e*trate, v. t.
Definition: To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.
In`ter*pen"e*trate, v. i.
Definition: To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts. Interpenetrating molding (Arch.), in late Gothic architecture, a decoration by means of moldings which seem to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other members; often, two sets of architectural members penetrating one another, in appearance, as if both had been plastic when they were put together.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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