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.
DISSATISFY
dissatisfy
(verb) fail to satisfy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
dissatisfy (third-person singular simple present dissatisfies, present participle dissatisfying, simple past and past participle dissatisfied)
To fail to satisfy; to displease.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*sat"is*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissatisfied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissatisfying.]
Definition: To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune. The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy. Bancroft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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