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.
PREDOOM
Etymology
Verb
predoom (third-person singular simple present predooms, present participle predooming, simple past and past participle predoomed)
To determine someone's fate in advance
Synonyms
• foredoom
Hypernyms
• doom
Anagrams
• Perdomo, podomer, promoed
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*doom", v. t.
Definition: To foredoom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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