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.
TYPIFY
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?”
typify, epitomize, epitomise
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
typify (third-person singular simple present typifies, present participle typifying, simple past and past participle typified)
(transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
(transitive) To portray stereotypically.
(transitive, science) To serve as a typical or reference specimen of.
Source: Wiktionary
Typ"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typified; p. pr. & vb. n. Typifying.] Etym: [Type + -fy.]
Definition: To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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