In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RESUSCITATE
resuscitate, revive
(verb) cause to regain consciousness; “The doctors revived the comatose man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
resuscitate (third-person singular simple present resuscitates, present participle resuscitating, simple past and past participle resuscitated)
(transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
(intransitive) To regain consciousness.
Synonyms
• (to regain consciousness): come to
Adjective
resuscitate (not comparable)
(obsolete) Restored to life.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sus"ci*tate, a. Etym: [L. resuscitatus, p. p. of resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See Suscitate.]
Definition: Restored to life. [R.] Bp. Gardiner.
Re*sus"ci*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resuscitated;p. pr. & vb. n. Resuscitating.]
Definition: To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.
Re*sus"ci*tate, v. i.
Definition: To come to life again; to revive. These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate. J. S. Mill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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