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.
COUNTERCLAIMING
Verb
counterclaiming
present participle of counterclaim
Source: Wiktionary
COUNTERCLAIM
Coun"ter*claim` (-klm`), n. (Law)
Definition: A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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