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.
ADMEASURE
admeasure
(verb) determine the quantity of someone’s share
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
admeasure (third-person singular simple present admeasures, present participle admeasuring, simple past and past participle admeasured)
(transitive) To measure.
(transitive) To apportion.
(transitive, law, obsolete) To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*meas"ure, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. amesurer, LL. admensurare. See Measure.]
1. To measure.
2. (Law)
Definition: To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone.
2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.
3. (Law)
Definition: Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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