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.
ACCEPTOR
acceptor
(noun) the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures
acceptor
(noun) (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
acceptor (plural acceptors)
One who accepts.
(legal, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
(chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
(biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
(physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
(physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
(comptheory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cept"or (#; 277), n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: One who accepts; specifically (Law & Com.),
Definition: one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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