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.
DECALCIFY
decalcify
(verb) remove calcium or lime from; “decalcify the rock”
decalcify
(verb) lose calcium or calcium compounds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decalcify (third-person singular simple present decalcifies, present participle decalcifying, simple past and past participle decalcified)
To deprive of calcareous matter.
Source: Wiktionary
De*cal"ci*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decalcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Decalcifying.]
Definition: To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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