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.
RESEIZE
Etymology
Verb
reseize (third-person singular simple present reseizes, present participle reseizing, simple past and past participle reseized)
(transitive) To seize (assets, property, etc.) again.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*seize" (r-sz"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir.]
1. To seize again, or a second time.
2. To put in possession again; to reinstate. And then therein [in his kingdom] reseized was again. Spenser.
3. (Law)
Definition: To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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