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.
VENENATE
Etymology
Verb
venenate (third-person singular simple present venenates, present participle venenating, simple past and past participle venenated)
(obsolete, transitive) To poison; to infect with poison.
Adjective
venenate (comparative more venenate, superlative most venenate)
(obsolete) poisoned
Source: Wiktionary
Ven"e*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. veneatus, p. p. venenare to poison, from venenum poison. Cf. Venom.]
Definition: To poison; to infect with poison. [R.] Harvey.
Ven"e*nate, a.
Definition: Poisoned. Woodward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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