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.
EMBOSOM
Etymology
Verb
embosom (third-person singular simple present embosoms, present participle embosoming, simple past and past participle embosomed)
To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure.
To enclose, surround, or protect.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bos"om, v. t. Etym: [Written also imbosom.]
1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.
2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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