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.
UNCHARNEL
Etymology
Verb
uncharnel (third-person singular simple present uncharnels, present participle uncharnelling, simple past and past participle uncharnelled)
(transitive, archaic) To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*char"nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncharneled; p. pr. & vb. n. Uncharneling.] Etym: [1st pref. un- + charnel.]
Definition: To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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