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.
DECOCTED
Verb
decocted
simple past tense and past participle of decoct
Source: Wiktionary
DECOCT
De*coct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decocting.] Etym: [L. decoctus, p. p. of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct.]
1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.
2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.] "Decoct their cold blood." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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