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.
AERATING
Verb
aerating
present participle of aerate
Anagrams
• Argentia, Irangate
Source: Wiktionary
AERATE
A"ƫr*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. A; p. pr. & vb. n. A.] Etym: [Cf. F. aƩrer. See Air,v. t.]
1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aƫrated natural fountains. Carlyle.
2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aƫrate soil; to aƫrate water.
3. (Physiol.)
Definition: To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. AĆ«rated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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