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.
DISARM
disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise
(verb) remove offensive capability from
disarm, unarm
(verb) take away the weapons from; render harmless
disarm
(verb) make less hostile; win over; “Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disarm (third-person singular simple present disarms, present participle disarming, simple past and past participle disarmed)
(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
(transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous
(intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.
(intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces.
(transitive) To disable the security systems on.
Anagrams
• dirams
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*arm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming.] Etym: [OE. desarmen, F. désarmer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See Arm.]
1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.
2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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