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.
PROINED
Verb
proined
simple past tense and past participle of proin
Anagrams
• poinder, prodine, roped in
Source: Wiktionary
PROIN
Proin (proin), v. t. Etym: [See Prune to trim.]
Definition: To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn. [Obs.] Chaucer. The sprigs that did about it grow He proined from the leafy arms. Chapman.
Proin, v. i.
Definition: To employed in pruning. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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