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.
BEWEEPS
Verb
beweeps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beweep
Source: Wiktionary
BEWEEP
Be*weep", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewept; p. pr. & vb. n. Beweeping.] Etym: [AS. bew; pref. be- + weep.]
Definition: To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. "His timeless death beweeping." Drayton.
Be*weep", v. i.
Definition: To weep. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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