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.
DERIVATE
Etymology
Adjective
derivate (not comparable)
Derived; derivative.
Noun
derivate (plural derivates)
Something derived; a derivative.
Verb
derivate (third-person singular simple present derivates, present participle derivating, simple past and past participle derivated)
(obsolete) To derive.
Anagrams
• evirated
Source: Wiktionary
Der"i*vate, a. Etym: [L. derivatus, p. p. of derivare. See Derive.]
Definition: Derived; derivative. [R.] H. Taylor.
– n.
Definition: A thing derived; a derivative. [R.]
Der"i*vate, v. t.
Definition: To derive. [Obs.] Huloet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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