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.
TRANSELEMENTATE
Trans*el"e*ment, Trans*el`e*men"tate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- element.]
Definition: To change or transpose the elements of; to transubstantiate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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