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.
SYNTONIZING
Verb
syntonizing
present participle of syntonize
Source: Wiktionary
SYNTONIZE
Syn"to*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -nized; p. pr. & vb. n. -nizing.] [See Syntony.] (Physics)
Definition: To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other. -- Syn`to*ni*za"tion (#), n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
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