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.
DISVALUE
Etymology
Verb
disvalue (third-person singular simple present disvalues, present participle disvaluing, simple past and past participle disvalued)
To regard something as having little or no value.
To undervalue; to depreciate.
Noun
disvalue
harm, demerit
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*val"ue (; see Dis-), v. t.
Definition: To undervalue; to depreciate. Shak.
Dis*val"ue, n.
Definition: Disesteem; disregard. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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