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.
BEDAZE
stun, bedaze, daze
(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; “The news stunned her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
bedaze (third-person singular simple present bedazes, present participle bedazing, simple past and past participle bedazed)
To cause to become dazed.
On his first trip to the circus, he was bedazed by the myriad colours, sounds and smells.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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