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.
POSSES
Etymology 1
Noun
posses
plural of posse
Etymology 2
Verb
posses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of poss
Anagrams
• s'poses, sposes
Source: Wiktionary
POSS
Poss, v. t. Etym: [See Push.]
Definition: To push; to dash; to throw. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] A cat . . . possed them [the rats] about. Piers Plowman.
POSSE
Pos"se, n.
Definition: See Posse comitatus. In posse. See In posse in the Vocabulary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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