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.
ENJOYING
Verb
enjoying
present participle of enjoy
Anagrams
• joyening
Source: Wiktionary
ENJOY
En*joy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoying.] Etym: [OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See Joy.]
1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.
2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty. That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. Num. xxxvi. 8. To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Heb. xi. 25.
3. To have sexual intercourse with. Milton. To enjoy one's self, to feel pleasure; to be happy.
En*joy", v. i.
Definition: To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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