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.
CONSTRUCTING
Verb
constructing
present participle of construct
Noun
constructing (plural constructings)
An act of construction.
Source: Wiktionary
CONSTRUCT
Con*struct", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constructed; p.pr. & vb.n. Constructing.] Etym: [L. constructus, p.p. of construere to bring together, to construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See Structure, and cf. Construe.]
1. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edlifice.
2. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
Syn.
– To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.
Con"struct, a.
Definition: Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference. Construct form or state (Heb. Gram.), that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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