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.
PURIFICATIVE
Etymology
Adjective
purificative (comparative more purificative, superlative most purificative)
Having power to purify or cleanse.
Source: Wiktionary
Pu"ri*fi*ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. purificatif.]
Definition: Having power to purify; tending to cleanse. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUCH
(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”
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