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.
EMBOX
Etymology
Verb
embox (third-person singular simple present emboxes, present participle emboxing, simple past and past participle emboxed)
(transitive) To enclose in a box.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*box", v. t.
Definition: To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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