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.
REDISTIL
Etymology
Verb
redistil (third-person singular simple present redistils, present participle redistilling, simple past and past participle redistilled)
Alternative form of redistill
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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