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.
SACCHARIFY
saccharify
(verb) convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate
sugar, saccharify
(verb) sweeten with sugar; “sugar your tea”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
saccharify (third-person singular simple present saccharifies, present participle saccharifying, simple past and past participle saccharified)
(biochemistry, transitive) To convert (soluble polysaccharides) into simple sugars
Source: Wiktionary
Sac*char"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saccharified; p. pr. & vb. n. Saccharifing.] Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -fy: cf. F. saccharifier.]
Definition: Toconvert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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