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.
GRANULATED
granulated
(adjective) made grainy or formed into granules; “granulated sugar”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
granulated
simple past tense and past participle of granulate
Adjective
granulated (comparative more granulated, superlative most granulated)
Formed into, or composed of granules
Source: Wiktionary
Gran"u*late, Gran"u*la`ted, a.
1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.
2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.
GRANULATE
Gran"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating.] Etym: [See Granule.]
1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.
2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.
Gran"u*late, v. i.
Definition: To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.
Gran"u*late, Gran"u*la`ted, a.
1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.
2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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