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.
UNQUOTE
Etymology
Interjection
unquote
Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
Verb
unquote (third-person singular simple present unquotes, present participle unquoting, simple past and past participle unquoted)
(transitive, computing) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.
Source: Wiktionary
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