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.
SITUATES
Verb
situates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of situate
Source: Wiktionary
SITUATE
Sit"u*ate, Sit"u*a`ted, a. Etym: [LL. situatus, from situare to place, fr. L. situs situation, site. See Site.]
1. Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.
2. Placed; residing. Pleasure situate in hill and dale. Milton.
Note: Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized.
Sit"u*ate, v. t.
Definition: To place. [R.] Landor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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