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.
EMISSIVE
Adjective
emissive (comparative more emissive, superlative most emissive)
Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation or matter; emitting
Source: Wiktionary
E*mis"sive, a.
Definition: Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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