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.
ROUGHENED
chapped, cracked, roughened
(adjective) used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; “chapped lips”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
roughened
simple past tense and past participle of roughen
Source: Wiktionary
ROUGHEN
Rough"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roughened; p. pr. & vb. n. Roughening.] Etym: [From Rough.]
Definition: To make rough.
Rough"en, v. i.
Definition: To grow or become rough.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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