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.
ATONED
Verb
atoned
simple past tense and past participle of atone
Anagrams
• Deaton, antode, donate
Source: Wiktionary
ATONE
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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