In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
REPEALED
Verb
repealed
simple past tense and past participle of repeal
Source: Wiktionary
REPEAL
Re*peal" (r-pl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing.] Etym: [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.]
1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak.
2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.
3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.
Syn.
– To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.
Re*peal", n.
1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hassty To expel him thence. Shak.
2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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