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.
BACTERISE
bacterize, bacterise
(verb) subject to the action of bacteria
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Verb
bacterise (third-person singular simple present bacterises, present participle bacterising, simple past and past participle bacterised)
Alternative form of bacterize
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