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.
SEXUALIZE
sexualize, sexualise
(verb) make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to; “The god was sexualized and married to another god”; “Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sexualize (third-person singular simple present sexualizes, present participle sexualizing, simple past and past participle sexualized)
(transitive) To make sexual, or give sex appeal to.
(biology, transitive) To distinguish as belonging to separate sexes.
Antonyms
• desexualize
Source: Wiktionary
Sex"u*al*ize, v. t.
Definition: To attribute sex to.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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