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.
FRUCTIFYING
Verb
fructifying
present participle of fructify
Source: Wiktionary
FRUCTIFY
Fruc"ti*fy, v. i. Etym: [F. fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + ficare (only in comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See Fruit, and Fact.]
Definition: To bear fruit. "Causeth the earth to fructify." Beveridge.
Fruc"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fructified; p. pr. & vb. n. Fructifying.]
Definition: To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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