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.
UNDULATING
Adjective
undulating (comparative more undulating, superlative most undulating)
Moving up and down like waves; wavy.
Forming a series of regular curves.
Verb
undulating
present participle of undulate
Noun
undulating (plural undulatings)
undulation
Source: Wiktionary
Un"du*la`ting, a.
Definition: Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground.
– Un"du*la`ting*ly. adv.
UNDULATE
Un"du*late, a. Etym: [L. undulatus undulated, wavy, a dim. from unda a wave; cf. AS. unnr; perhaps akin to E. water. Cf. Abound, Inundate, Redound, Surround.]
Definition: Same as Undulated.
Un"du*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Undulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Undulating.]
Definition: To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate. Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated. Holder.
Un"du*late, v. i.
Definition: To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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