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.
DEFIBRILLATE
defibrillate
(verb) stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks; “The patient’s heart had to be defibrillated to save his life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
defibrillate (third-person singular simple present defibrillates, present participle defibrillating, simple past and past participle defibrillated)
(transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
Source: Wiktionary
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