Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ADJUDGE
declare, adjudge, hold
(verb) declare to be; āShe was declared incompetentā; ājudge held that the defendant was innocentā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
adjudge (third-person singular simple present adjudges, present participle adjudging, simple past and past participle adjudged)
To declare to be.
To deem or determine to be.
To award judicially; to assign.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*judge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudging.] Etym: [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See Judge, and cf. Adjudicate.]
1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.
2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term.
3. To sentence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton.
4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. Knolles.
Syn.
– To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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