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.
RESURGE
resurge
(verb) rise again; “His need for a meal resurged”; “The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
resurge (third-person singular simple present resurges, present participle resurging, simple past and past participle resurged)
To surge again; to go through a period of renewed vigor or vitality.
Anagrams
• reurges
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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