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.
VICTIMISE
victimize, victimise
(verb) punish unjustly
victimize, victimise
(verb) make a victim of; “I was victimized by this con-man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
victimise (third-person singular simple present victimises, present participle victimising, simple past and past participle victimised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of victimize.
Source: Wiktionary
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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