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.
RETENTIVE
retentive
(adjective) having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water; “soils retentive of moisture”
retentive, recollective, long, tenacious
(adjective) good at remembering; “a retentive mind”; “tenacious memory”
retentive
(adjective) having the capacity to retain something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
retentive (comparative more retentive, superlative most retentive)
Having power to retain
(slang, apocope) anal-retentive
Noun
retentive (plural retentives)
(obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ten"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétentif.]
Definition: Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.
Re*ten"tive, n.
Definition: That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRACE
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
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