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.
MUMMIFY
mummify, dry up
(verb) dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; “a mummified body was found”
mummify
(verb) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; “Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”
mummify
(verb) preserve while making lifeless; “mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
mummify (third-person singular simple present mummifies, present participle mummifying, simple past and past participle mummified)
(transitive) To make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.
(intransitive) To become a mummy.
Source: Wiktionary
Mum"mi*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying.] Etym: [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.]
Definition: To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall (1646).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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