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.
ELASTICISED
elasticized, elasticised
(adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic; “slacks with an elasticized waistband”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
elasticised
simple past tense and past participle of elasticise
Source: Wiktionary
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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