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.
ANTECEDE
predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
(verb) be earlier in time; go back further; “Stone tools precede bronze tools”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
antecede (third-person singular simple present antecedes, present participle anteceding, simple past and past participle anteceded)
To go before; to precede.
To predate or antedate.
Synonyms
• (go before): forego; see also precede
• (predate): See also predate
Source: Wiktionary
An`te*cede", v. t. & i. Etym: [L. antecedere; ante + cedere to go. See Cede.]
Definition: To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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