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.
PRELATIZES
Verb
prelatizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prelatize
Source: Wiktionary
PRELATIZE
Prel"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelatizing.]
Definition: To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey.
Prel"a*tize, v. i.
Definition: To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. An episcopacy that began then to prelatize. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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