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.
ERUPTED
Verb
erupted
simple past tense and past participle of erupt
Anagrams
• deputer, reputed
Source: Wiktionary
ERUPT
E*rupt", v. t. Etym: [See Eruption.]
Definition: To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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