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.
OVERSAW
OVERSEE
oversee, supervise, superintend, manage
(verb) watch and direct; “Who is overseeing this project?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
oversaw
simple past tense of oversee
Anagrams
• avowers, reavows
Source: Wiktionary
OVERSEE
O`ver*see", v. t. [imp. Oversaw; p. p. Overseen; p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] Etym: [AS. oferséon to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.]
1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.
2. To omit or neglect seeing. Spenser.
O`ver*see", v. i.
Definition: To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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