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.
EXCELLED
EXCEL
excel, stand out, surpass
(verb) distinguish oneself; “She excelled in math”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
excelled
simple past tense and past participle of excel
Source: Wiktionary
EXCEL
Ex*cel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled(); p. pr. & vb. n. Excelling.] Etym: [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate, Column.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense. Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel. Prior. I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. ii. 13.
2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass. She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood. Milton.
Ex*cel", v. i.
Definition: To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4. Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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