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.
FORPINED
Verb
forpined
simple past tense and past participle of forpine
Source: Wiktionary
FORPINE
For*pine", v. t.
Definition: To waste away completely by suffering or torment. [Archaic] "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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