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.
EMPATHISE
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
(verb) be understanding of; “You don’t need to explain--I understand!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
empathise (third-person singular simple present empathises, present participle empathising, simple past and past participle empathised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of empathize.
Anagrams
• empathies
Source: Wiktionary
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UNEXPLOITED
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
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