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.
WEEN
Etymology 1
Noun
ween (plural weens)
(obsolete) Doubt; conjecture.
Etymology 2
Verb
ween (third-person singular simple present weens, present participle weening, simple past (obsolete) wende or (obsolete) wente or weened, past participle (obsolete) wend or (obsolete) went or weened)
(archaic) To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.
(dated) To expect, hope or wish.
Etymology 3
Verb
ween (third-person singular simple present weens, present participle weening, simple past and past participle weened)
(Northern England, Scotland, rare) To weep or cry.
(obsolete) To lament.
Etymology 4
Verb
ween
Misspelling of wean.
Anagrams
• Ewen, enew, newe
Source: Wiktionary
Ween, v. i. Etym: [OE. wenen, AS. w, fr. w hope, expectation, opinion; akin to D. waan, OFries. w, OS. & OHG. wan, G. wahn delusion, Icel. van hope, expectation, Goth. w, and D. wanen to fancy, G. wähnen, Icel. vana to hope, Goth. w, and perhaps to E. winsome, wish.]
Definition: To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser. Milton. I have lost more than thou wenest. Chaucer. For well I ween, Never before in the bowers of light Had the form of an earthly fay been seen. J. R. Drake. Though never a dream the roses sent Of science or love's compliment, I ween they smelt as sweet. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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