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.
LEMMATA
LEMMA
lemma
(noun) the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
lemma
(noun) a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
lemma, flowering glume
(noun) the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lemmata
plural of lemma
Source: Wiktionary
LEMMA
Lem"ma, n.; pl. L. Lemmata, E. Lemmas. Etym: [L. lemma, Gr. Syllable.]
Definition: A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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