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.
DIFFRACT
diffract
(verb) undergo diffraction; “laser light diffracts electrons”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
diffract (third-person singular simple present diffracts, present participle diffracting, simple past and past participle diffracted)
(transitive) To cause diffraction
(intransitive) To undergo diffraction
Source: Wiktionary
Dif*fract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diffracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diffracting.] Etym: [L. diffractus, p. p. of diffringere to break in pieces; dif- = dis- + frangere to break. See Fracture.]
Definition: To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LOSE
(verb) allow to go out of sight or mind; “The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”; “lose the crowds by climbing a mountain”; “the lost tribe”
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