Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ABAND
Etymology
Verb
aband (third-person singular simple present abands, present participle abanding, simple past and past participle abanded)
(obsolete, transitive) To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce. [attested only in the late 16th century]
(obsolete, transitive) To desert; to forsake. [attested only in the late 16th century]
Anagrams
• Banda, banda
Source: Wiktionary
A*band", v.t. Etym: [Contracted from abandon.]
1. To abandon. [Obs.] Enforced the kingdom to aband. Spenser.
2. To banish; to expel. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FOCUS
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
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