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.
OUTDWELL
Etymology
Verb
outdwell (third-person singular simple present outdwells, present participle outdwelling, simple past and past participle outdwelled or outdwelt)
(transitive, obsolete) To dwell or stay beyond.
It is marvel that he out-dwells his hour / For lovers ever run before the clock.
Source: Wiktionary
Out*dwell", v. t.
Definition: To dwell or stay beyond. [Poetic] "He outdwells his hour." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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