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.
CORRELATES
Verb
correlates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of correlate
Noun
correlates
plural of correlate
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CORRELATE
Cor`re*late" (kr`r-lt" or kr"r-lt`), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Correlated; p. pr. & vb. n. Correlating.] Etym: [Pref. cor- + relate.]
Definition: To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor.
Cor`re*late", v. t.
Definition: To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomens. Darwin.
Cor"re*late (kr"r-lt), n.
Definition: One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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