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.
ALLEDGED
Verb
alledged
simple past tense and past participle of alledge
Source: Wiktionary
ALLEDGE
Al*ledge", v. t.
Definition: See Allege. [Obs.]
Note: This spelling, corresponding to abridge, was once the prevailing one.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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