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.
CENTRALISE
centralize, centralise, concentrate
(verb) make central; “The Russian government centralized the distribution of food”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
centralise (third-person singular simple present centralises, present participle centralising, simple past and past participle centralised)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centralize
Antonyms
• decentralise
Anagrams
• Casterline, interlaces, interscale, linecaster
Source: Wiktionary
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