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.
CONFIGURE
configure
(verb) set up for a particular purpose; “configure my new computer”; “configure a plane for a combat mission”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
configure (third-person singular simple present configures, present participle configuring, simple past and past participle configured)
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Configured; p.pr. & vb.n. Configuring.] Etym: [L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See Configurate.]
Definition: To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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