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.
PRUSIK
Etymology
Noun
prusik (plural prusiks)
(climbing, chiefly attributive) A type of friction hitch.
Verb
prusik (third-person singular simple present prusiks, present participle prusiking, simple past and past participle prusiked)
(climbing) To climb a rope using a prusik.
Anagrams
• spruik
Source: Wiktionary
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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