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.
SPRENT
Etymology 1
Verb
sprent (third-person singular simple present sprents, present participle sprenting, simple past and past participle sprented)
(intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
Etymology 2
Verb
sprent
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of springe
Adjective
sprent (comparative more sprent, superlative most sprent)
(archaic) sprinkled
Anagrams
• pernts
Source: Wiktionary
Sprent, obs.
Definition: p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled. All the ground with purple blood was sprent. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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