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.
DISBURDENS
Verb
disburdens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburden
Source: Wiktionary
DISBURDEN
Dis*bur"den, v. t. Etym: [See Burden, v. t.] Etym: [Cf. Disburthen.]
Definition: To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham. My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. Hammond.
Syn.
– To unload; unburden; discharge; free.
Dis*bur"den, v. i.
Definition: To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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