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.
GRANGERIZE
Etymology
Verb
grangerize (third-person singular simple present grangerizes, present participle grangerizing, simple past and past participle grangerized)
(intransitive) To illustrate (a book) with material such as images taken from other published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
(transitive) To illustrate with material taken from published sources.
(transitive) To remove material, especially images, from a publication.
Source: Wiktionary
Gran"ger*ize, v. t. & i.
Definition: To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books. G. A. Sala.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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