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.
FUMIGATED
Verb
fumigated
simple past tense and past participle of fumigate
Source: Wiktionary
FUMIGATE
Fu"mi*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fumigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fumigating.] Etym: [L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See Fume, n.]
1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
2. To smoke; to perfume. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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