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.
AFFINE
affinal, affine
(adjective) (anthropology) related by marriage
affine
(adjective) (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
affine
(noun) (anthropology) kin by marriage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
affine (comparative more affine, superlative most affine)
(mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
(geometry) Of or pertaining to a function expressible as (where is a linear transformation and is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
(comparable, chemistry) Of two materials, having mutual affinity.
Noun
affine (plural affines)
(anthropology, genealogy) A relative by marriage, an in-law.
Synonyms
• (relative by marriage): in-law
Verb
affine (third-person singular simple present affines, present participle affining, simple past and past participle affined)
To refine.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*fine", v. t. Etym: [F. affiner to refine; (L. ad) + fin fine. See Fine.]
Definition: To refine. [Obs.] Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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