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.
RESUMES
Noun
resumes
plural of resume
Verb
resumes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resume
Source: Wiktionary
RESUME
Re`su"mé", n. Etym: [F. See Resume.]
Definition: A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. C. Kingsley.
Re*sume", v. t. [imp & p. p. Resumed;p. pr. & vb. n. Resuming.] Etym: [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. résumer. See Assume, Redeem.]
1. To take back. The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave. Denham. Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood. Sir W. Scott.
2. To enter upon, or take up again. Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled. Dryden.
3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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