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.
DECONCENTRATE
decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
(verb) make less central; “After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deconcentrate (third-person singular simple present deconcentrates, present participle deconcentrating, simple past and past participle deconcentrated)
(transitive) To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.
Source: Wiktionary
De`con*cen"trate, v. t.
Definition: To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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