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.
REORIENT
reorient
(verb) set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; “Orient the house towards the South”
reorient
(verb) cause to turn
reorientate, reorient
(verb) orient once again, after a disorientation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reorient (third-person singular simple present reorients, present participle reorienting, simple past and past participle reoriented)
(ambitransitive) To orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or disorientation.
Adjective
reorient (not comparable)
(obsolete) Arising again.
Anagrams
• orienter
Source: Wiktionary
Re*o"ri*ent (r-"r-ent), a.
Definition: Rising again. [R.] The life reorient out of dust. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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