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.
MITHRIDATISE
Verb
mithridatise (third-person singular simple present mithridatises, present participle mithridatising, simple past and past participle mithridatised)
Alternative form of mithridatize
Source: Wiktionary
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VOLATILE
(noun) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; “it was heated to evaporate the volatiles”
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