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.
DISHEARTENS
Verb
disheartens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishearten
Anagrams
• Eisenhardts, interdashes, threadiness
Source: Wiktionary
DISHEARTEN
Dis*heart"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheartened; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
Definition: To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.
Syn.
– To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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