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.
APPAIR
Etymology
Verb
appair (third-person singular simple present appairs, present participle appairing, simple past and past participle appaired)
(intransitive, obsolete) To become impaired; to grow worse.
Anagrams
• Rappai
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*pair", v. t. & i. Etym: [OF. empeirier, F. empire. See Impair.]
Definition: To impair; to grow worse. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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