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.
COFOUND
Etymology
Verb
cofound (third-person singular simple present cofounds, present participle cofounding, simple past and past participle cofounded)
(transitive) To found at the same time as another.
(transitive) To found with one or more other people.
Source: Wiktionary
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