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.
NEOTERIZE
Etymology
Verb
neoterize (third-person singular simple present neoterizes, present participle neoterizing, simple past and past participle neoterized)
(intransitive) to neologize, to coin as a new word.
(intransitive) to modernize.
Source: Wiktionary
Ne*ot"er*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Neoterized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neoterized.] Etym: [Gr.
Definition: To innovate; to coin or introduce new words. Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize. fized. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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