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.
DEPAUPERATES
Verb
depauperates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depauperate
Source: Wiktionary
DEPAUPERATE
De*pau"per*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Depauperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depauperating.] Etym: [LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.]
Definition: To make poor; to impoverish. Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. Mortimer. Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. Jer. Taylor.
De*pau"per*ate, a. Etym: [L. depauperatus, p. p.] (Bot.)
Definition: Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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