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.
OVIPOSIT
Verb
oviposit (third-person singular simple present oviposits, present participle ovipositing, simple past and past participle oviposited)
(intransitive) To lay eggs
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Source: Wiktionary
O`vi*pos"it, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oviposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Ovipositing.] Etym: [See Ovum, and Posit.]
Definition: To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.
O`vi*pos"it, v. t.
Definition: To deposit or lay (an egg).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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