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.
COHERING
Verb
cohering
present participle of cohere
Anagrams
• ochering, ochreing
Source: Wiktionary
COHERE
Co*here", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering.] Etym: [L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast, a.]
1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke.
2. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent. They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere. Burke.
3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [Obs.] Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing. Shak.
Syn.
– To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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