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.
UPSTARTED
Verb
upstarted
simple past tense and past participle of upstart
Anagrams
• started up, stuprated
Source: Wiktionary
UPSTART
Up*start", v. i.
Definition: To start or spring up suddenly. Spenser. Tennyson.
Up"start`, n.
1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu. Bacon.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The meadow saffron. Dr. Prior.
Up"start`, a.
Definition: Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. "A race of upstart creatures." Milton.
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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