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.
SUBSTANTIVES
Noun
substantives
plural of substantive
Verb
substantives
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of substantive
Source: Wiktionary
SUBSTANTIVE
Sub"stan*tive, a. Etym: [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.]
1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
2. Depending on itself; independent. He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner. Bacon.
3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial. Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner. Hazlitt.
4. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive. Noun substantive (Gram.), a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive.
– Substantive color, one which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective color.
Sub"stan*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. substantif.] (Gram.)
Definition: A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
Sub"stan*tive, v. t.
Definition: To substantivize. [R.] Cudworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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