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.
DEOXIDISE
deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
(verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deoxidise (third-person singular simple present deoxidises, present participle deoxidising, simple past and past participle deoxidised)
Alternative spelling of deoxidize
Source: Wiktionary
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PROGRESSIVISM
(noun) the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
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