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.
ENCODE
encode
(verb) convert information into code; “encode pictures digitally”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
encode (third-person singular simple present encodes, present participle encoding, simple past and past participle encoded)
(transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.
(transitive, communication) To convert source information into another form.
(biology) To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.
Antonyms
• decode
Anagrams
• Cedeno
Proper noun
ENCODE
Abbreviation of Encyclopedia of DNA Elements; a catalogue of all the functional elements, encoded in the human genome.
Anagrams
• Cedeno
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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