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.
REBOUNDED
Verb
rebounded
simple past tense and past participle of rebound
Source: Wiktionary
REBOUND
Re*bound", v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.]
1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. Sir I. Newton.
2. To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.
3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope. Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.
Re*bound", v. t.
Definition: To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden.
Re*bound", n.
Definition: The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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