In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
METRICISE
metricize, metricise, metrify, metricate
(verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system
metricize, metricise
(verb) express in the metric system
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
metricise (third-person singular simple present metricises, present participle metricising, simple past and past participle metricised)
Alternative form of metricize
Anagrams
• misrecite
Source: Wiktionary
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