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.
EXCRETE
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
(verb) eliminate from the body; “Pass a kidney stone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
excrete (third-person singular simple present excretes, present participle excreting, simple past and past participle excreted)
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
Synonyms
• See urinate and defecate
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excreting.] Etym: [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See Crisis.]
Definition: To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." Hooper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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