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.
dreed
simple past tense and past participle of dree
• dered, edder
Source: Wiktionary
Dree, v. t. Etym: [AS. dreógan to bear, endure, complete.]
Definition: To endure; to suffer. [Scot.]
Dree, v. i.
Definition: To be able to do or endure. [Obs.]
Dree, a.
Definition: Wearisome; tedious. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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.