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.
DESULPHURATE
Etymology
Verb
desulphurate (third-person singular simple present desulphurates, present participle desulphurating, simple past and past participle desulphurated)
(transitive) To deprive of sulphur.
Source: Wiktionary
De*sul"phu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desulphurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desulphurating.]
Definition: To deprive of sulphur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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