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.
CONSTIPATING
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constipating
present participle of constipate
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CONSTIPATE
Con"sti*pate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constipated; p.pr. & vb.n. Constipating.] Etym: [L. constipatus, p.p. of constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive.]
1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [Obs.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon.
2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
3. (Med.)
Definition: To render costive; to cause constipation in.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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