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.
RETRACED
Verb
retraced
simple past tense and past participle of retrace
Anagrams
• arrected, cratered, recrated, terraced
Source: Wiktionary
RETRACE
Re*trace", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer. Cf. Retract.]
1. To trace back, as a line. Then if the line of Turnus you retrace, He springs from Inachus of Argive race. Driden.
2. To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
3. To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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