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.
TAUTEN
tauten, firm
(verb) make taut or tauter; “tauten a rope”
tauten, firm
(verb) become taut or tauter; “Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly”; “the rope tautened”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
tauten (third-person singular simple present tautens, present participle tautening, simple past and past participle tautened)
(transitive) To make taut; to taut.
(ergative) To become taut.
Anagrams
• attune, nutate
Source: Wiktionary
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DIRECTIONALITY
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