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.
ANODISE
anodize, anodise
(verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
anodise (third-person singular simple present anodises, present participle anodising, simple past and past participle anodised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anodize.
Anagrams
• Adonise, Oneidas, adonise, iodanes
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AUDACIOUS
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