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.
COEXIST
coexist, cohabit
(verb) exist together
coexist
(verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
coexist (third-person singular simple present coexists, present participle coexisting, simple past and past participle coexisted)
(intransitive, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
Anagrams
• coxiest, coxites, exotics
Source: Wiktionary
Co`ex*ist, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coexisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coexisting.]
Definition: To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with. Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together. Locke. So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
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