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.
EJECTS
Verb
ejects
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eject
Noun
ejects
plural of eject
Source: Wiktionary
EJECT
E*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejecting.] Etym: [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. "Eyes ejecting flame." H. Brooke.
2. (Law)
Definition: To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.
Syn.
– To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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