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.
COUNTERCHARMED
Verb
countercharmed
simple past tense and past participle of countercharm
Anagrams
• countermarched
Source: Wiktionary
COUNTERCHARM
Coun`ter*charm" (koun`tr-chrm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countercharmed (-chrmd`); p. pr. & vb. n. Countercharming.]
Definition: To destroy the effect of a charm upon.
Coun"ter*charm` (koun"tr-chrm`), n.
Definition: That which has the power of destroying the effect of a charm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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