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.
SYMBOLISE
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
(verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; “What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?”
symbolize, symbolise
(verb) represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; “The poet symbolizes love in this poem”; “These painters believed that artists should symbolize”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
symbolise (third-person singular simple present symbolises, present participle symbolising, simple past and past participle symbolised)
Alternative form of symbolize
Source: Wiktionary
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13 May 2025
DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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