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.
ABEARING
Etymology
Noun
abearing (plural abearings)
(obsolete) Behaviour. [Late 15th century.]
Verb
abearing
present participle of abear
Source: Wiktionary
A*bear"ing, n.
Definition: Behavior. [Obs.] Sir. T. More.
ABEAR
A*bear", v.t. Etym: [AS. aberan; pref. a- + beran to bear.]
1. To bear; to behave. [Obs.] So did the faery knight himself abear. Spenser.
2. To put up with; to endure. [Prov.] Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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