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.
BEFLOWERS
Verb
beflowers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beflower
Source: Wiktionary
BEFLOWER
Be*flow"er, v. t.
Definition: To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers. Hobbes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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