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.
FUSTIGATES
Verb
fustigates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fustigate
Source: Wiktionary
FUSTIGATE
Fus"ti*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. fustigare, fr. fustis stick. See 1st Fust.]
Definition: To cudgel. [R.] Bailey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
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