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.
CORRODE
corrode, rust
(verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; “The metal corroded”; “The pipes rusted”
corrode, eat, rust
(verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; “The acid corroded the metal”; “The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)
(transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
(transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
(intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Synonyms
• (to eat away by degrees): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear
Anagrams
• Cordero
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*rode" (kr-rd") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding.] Etym: [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.]
1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green- blue solution. Boyle.
2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
Cor*rode", v. i.
Definition: To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.
Syn.
– To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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