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.
PAROLED
Verb
paroled
simple past tense and past participle of parole
Anagrams
• Leopard, leopard, preload
Source: Wiktionary
PAROLE
Pa*role", n. Etym: [F. parole. See Parley, and cf. Parol.]
1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]
2. Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. Macaulay.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.
4. (Law)
Definition: Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
Pa*role", a.
Definition: See 2d Parol.
Pa*role", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paroled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paroling.] (Mil.)
Definition: To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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