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.
NICTATES
Verb
nictates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nictate
Anagrams
• cantiest, entastic, stancite, testican, tetanics
Source: Wiktionary
NICTATE
Nic"tate, v. i. Etym: [L. nictare, nictatum, from nicere to beckon.]
Definition: To wink; to nictitate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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