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.
OVERHEAT
overheat
(verb) get excessively and undesirably hot; āThe car engines overheatedā
overheat
(verb) make excessively or undesirably hot; āThe room was overheatedā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overheat (third-person singular simple present overheats, present participle overheating, simple past and past participle overheated)
(transitive) To heat excessively.
(intransitive) To become excessively hot.
Noun
overheat (plural overheats)
A condition of being overheated.
Anagrams
• overhate
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*heat", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Superheat.]
Definition: To heat to excess; to superheat. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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