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.
REVERB
Etymology
Noun
reverb (uncountable)
(audio effects) An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed.
Verb
reverb (third-person singular simple present reverbs, present participle reverbing, simple past and past participle reverbed)
(obsolete) To echo.
(transitive) To apply a reverb (electronic echo effect) to.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*verb", v. t.
Definition: To echo. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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