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.
DISROOTING
Verb
disrooting
present participle of disroot
Source: Wiktionary
DISROOT
Dis*root", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrooting.]
Definition: To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot. A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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