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.
COOPTED
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coopted
simple past tense and past participle of coopt
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COOPT
Co*öpt", v. t. Etym: [See Coöptate. Cf. F. coopter.]
Definition: To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.] Each of the hundred was to coöpt three others. Jowett (Thysyd. ).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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