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.
CLASSIFIED
classified
(adjective) arranged into classes
classified
(adjective) official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; “thousands of classified documents have now been declassified”
CLASSIFY
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
(verb) arrange or order by classes or categories; “How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
relegate, classify
(verb) assign to a class or kind; “How should algae be classified?”; “People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms”
classify
(verb) declare unavailable, as for security reasons; “Classify these documents”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
classified
simple past tense and past participle of classify
Adjective
classified (comparative more classified, superlative most classified)
Sorted into classes or categories
Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
Etymology 2
Noun
classified (plural classifieds)
(informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
Source: Wiktionary
CLASSIFY
Clas"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & pp. Classified; p. pr. & vb. n. Classifying.] Etym: [L. classis class +
Definition: To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.
Syn.
– To arrange; distibute; rank.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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