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.
UPSPEARED
Verb
upspeared
simple past tense and past participle of upspear
Source: Wiktionary
UPSPEAR
Up*spear", v. i.
Definition: To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. [R.] Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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