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.
BLED
BLEED
bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
(verb) draw blood; “In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment”
bleed
(verb) drain of liquid or steam; “bleed the radiators”; “the mechanic bled the engine”
run, bleed
(verb) be diffused; “These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run”
bleed
(verb) get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; “They bled me dry--I have nothing left!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
bled
simple past tense and past participle of bleed
Etymology 2
Noun
bled (plural bleds)
(in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.
Source: Wiktionary
Bled,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Bleed.
BLEED
Bleed, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleeding.] Etym: [OE. bleden, AS. bl, fr. bl blood; akin to Sw. blöda, Dan. blöde, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See Blood.]
1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.
3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "Cæsar must bleed." Shak. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope.
4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. For me the balm shall bleed. Pope.
5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.] To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.
Bleed, v. t.
1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller.
3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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