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.
DEODORIZE
deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
(verb) eliminate the odor from; “This stick will deodorize your armpits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deodorize (third-person singular simple present deodorizes, present participle deodorizing, simple past and past participle deodorized)
To mask or eliminate the odor of, or an odor in, (something).
Source: Wiktionary
De*o"dor*ize, v. t.
Definition: To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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