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.
OVERPOPULATE
overpopulate
(verb) cause to have too great a population; “Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overpopulate (third-person singular simple present overpopulates, present participle overpopulating, simple past and past participle overpopulated)
To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population.
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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