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.
ENVISION
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
(verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind; “I can’t see him on horseback!”; “I can see what will happen”; “I can see a risk in this strategy”
envision, foresee
(verb) picture to oneself; imagine possible; “I cannot envision him as President”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
envision (third-person singular simple present envisions, present participle envisioning, simple past and past participle envisioned)
(transitive) To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
Synonyms
• envisage, visualize, dream, imagine, think up
Source: Wiktionary
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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