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.
ABERRATES
Verb
aberrates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aberrate
Source: Wiktionary
ABERRATE
Ab"er*rate, v.i. Etym: [L. aberratus, p.pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. See Err.]
Definition: To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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