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.
ACQUITTING
ACQUIT
acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; “The suspect was cleared of the murder charges”
behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
(verb) behave in a certain manner; “She carried herself well”; “he bore himself with dignity”; “They conducted themselves well during these difficult times”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
acquitting
present participle of acquit
Source: Wiktionary
ACQUIT
Ac*quit", p. p.
Definition: Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] Shak.
Ac*quit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquitting.] Etym: [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See Quit, and cf. Acquiet.]
1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. I. Taylor.
2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.
4. Reflexively: (a) To clear one's self.k. (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
Syn.
– To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See Absolve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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