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.
ADAW
Etymology
Verb
adaw (third-person singular simple present adaws, present participle adawing, simple past and past participle adawed)
(obsolete) To subdue, daunt.
(obsolete) To awaken, arouse.
Anagrams
• Awad, WADA, Wada, da'wa, dawa
Source: Wiktionary
A*daw", v. t. Etym: [Cf. OE. adawe of dawe, AS. of dagum from days, i. e., from life, out of life.]
Definition: To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.] The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser.
A*daw", v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. adawen to wake; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us- , Ger. er-) + dawen, dagon, to dawn. See Daw.]
Definition: To awaken; to arouse. [Obs.] A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verily. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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