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.
FORESPEAKS
Verb
forespeaks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forespeak
Source: Wiktionary
FORESPEAK
Fore*speak", v. t. [Obs.]
Definition: See Forspeak.
Fore*speak", v. t.
Definition: To foretell; to predict. [Obs.] My mother was half a witch; never anything that she forespake but came to pass. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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