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.
CALCIFIES
Verb
calcifies
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify
Source: Wiktionary
CALCIFY
Cal"ci*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] Etym: [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
Definition: To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
Cal"ci*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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