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.
WHITEN
whiten, white
(verb) turn white; “This detergent will whiten your laundry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Whiten (plural Whitens)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Whiten is the 22404th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1149 individuals. Whiten is most common among White (65.36%) and Black/African American (28.98%) individuals.
Etymology
Verb
whiten (third-person singular simple present whitens, present participle whitening, simple past and past participle whitened)
(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
Source: Wiktionary
Whit"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening.] Etym: [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvitna.]
Definition: To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
Whit"en, v. t.
Definition: To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. Macaulay.
Syn.
– See Blanch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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