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.
AIRLIFT
airlift, lift
(noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
airlift, lift
(verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; “Food is airlifted into Bosnia”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
airlift (plural airlifts)
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
Such a flight.
(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
Verb
airlift (third-person singular simple present airlifts, present participle airlifting, simple past and past participle airlifted)
(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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