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.
REFECTS
Verb
refects
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refect
Source: Wiktionary
REFECT
Re*fect" (r*fkt), v. t. Etym: [L. refectus, p. p. of reficere; pref. re- re- + facere to make.]
Definition: To restore after hunger or fatique; to refresh. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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