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.
LEXICALISE
lexicalize, lexicalise
(verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language; “The concept expressed by German ‘Gemuetlichkeit’ is not lexicalized in English”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
lexicalise (third-person singular simple present lexicalises, present participle lexicalising, simple past and past participle lexicalised)
Alternative spelling of lexicalize
Source: Wiktionary
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16 June 2024
CONNECTION
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
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