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.
GLACIATED
glaciated
(adjective) covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
glaciated
simple past tense and past participle of glaciate
Source: Wiktionary
GLACIATE
Gla"ci*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.]
Definition: To turn to ice.
Gla"ci*ate, v. t.
1. To convert into, or cover with, ice.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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