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.
DISUNITING
Verb
disuniting
present participle of disunite
Source: Wiktionary
DISUNITE
Dis`u*nite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disunited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disuniting.]
1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.
2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! Milton.
Dis`u*nite", v. i.
Definition: To part; to fall asunder; to become separated. The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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