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.
DISBURTHEN
Etymology
Verb
disburthen (third-person singular simple present disburthens, present participle disburthening, simple past and past participle disburthened)
(obsolete) disburden
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*bur"then, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disburthened; p. pr. & vb. n. Disburthening.] Etym: [Cf. Disburden.]
Definition: To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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