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.
ACCURSE
accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise
(verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
accurse (third-person singular simple present accurses, present participle accursing, simple past accursed, past participle (archaic) accurst or accursed)
To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
Anagrams
• accrues, accuser
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*curse", v. t. Etym: [OE. acursien, acorsien; pref. a + cursien to curse. See Curse.]
Definition: To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17. Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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