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.
ATONE
repent, atone
(verb) turn away from sin or do penitence
expiate, aby, abye, atone
(verb) make amends for; “expiate one’s sins”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned)
(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]
Synonyms: expiate, propitiate
(obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. [from 1570s]
(obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. [from 1590s]
(obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
(proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
Anagrams
• Eaton, neato, oaten
Source: Wiktionary
A*tone", v. t.
1. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease. [Obs.] I would do much To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio. Shak.
2. To unite in making. [Obs. & R.] The four elements . . . have atoned A noble league. Ford.
3. To make satisfaction for; to expiate. Or each atone his guilty love with life. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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