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.
REIFY
reify
(verb) consider an abstract concept to be real
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reify (third-person singular simple present reifies, present participle reifying, simple past and past participle reified)
(transitive) to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
Synonyms
• conceptualize, concretize, objectify, picture, thingify
Anagrams
• fiery, firey
Source: Wiktionary
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