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.
OVERFOUL
Etymology
Verb
overfoul (third-person singular simple present overfouls, present participle overfouling, simple past and past participle overfouled)
(transitive) To foul excessively.
Source: Wiktionary
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RESTORATION
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
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