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.
DENAZIFY
denazify
(verb) free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance; “Germany was denazified after WW II”; “The highest judges were never denazified”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
denazify (third-person singular simple present denazifies, present participle denazifying, simple past and past participle denazified)
(transitive) To free from Nazi influence.
Source: Wiktionary
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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