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.
DOMINATED
dominated
(adjective) controlled or ruled by superior authority or power
dominated, henpecked
(adjective) harassed by persistent nagging
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dominated
simple past tense and past participle of dominate
Anagrams
• demantoid
Source: Wiktionary
DOMINATE
Dom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dominating.] Etym: [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf. Domineer.]
Definition: To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by the ax." Dickens. We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. W. Tooke.
Dom"i*nate, v. i.
Definition: To be dominant. Hallam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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