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.
ELECTIONEER
electioneer
(verb) work actively for a political candidate or a party; “My neighbors are busy electioneering during the Presidential election campaign”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
electioneer (third-person singular simple present electioneers, present participle electioneering, simple past and past participle electioneered)
To campaign for an elective office, on one's own behalf, or on behalf of another, particularly by direct contact.
Source: Wiktionary
E*lec`tion*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Electionered; p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.]
Definition: To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate. A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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