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.
REMISE
remise
(noun) (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
remise
(noun) an expensive or high-class hackney
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
remise (third-person singular simple present remises, present participle remising, simple past and past participle remised)
(transitive) To send or give back.
To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed, to quitclaim.
Noun
remise (plural remises)
(obsolete, legal) A return or surrender of a claim, property etc. [15th–19th c.]
Etymology 2
Noun
remise (plural remises)
(now, historical) A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete) A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise. [17th–19th c.]
(fencing) A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm. [from 19th c.]
(music) The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
Anagrams
• Meiers, Meiser, Siemer, misère
Source: Wiktionary
Re*mise" (r-mz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised (-mzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] Etym: [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.]
Definition: To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.
Re*mise", n. (Law)
Definition: A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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