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.
ENFREEZE
Etymology
Verb
enfreeze (third-person singular simple present enfreezes, present participle enfreezing, simple past enfroze, past participle enfrozen)
(obsolete, transitive) To freeze; to congeal.
Source: Wiktionary
En*freeze", v. t.
Definition: To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.] Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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