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.
GYVED
Verb
gyved
simple past tense and past participle of gyve
Source: Wiktionary
GYVE
Gyve, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. gefyn, Ir. geibbionn, Gael. geimheal.]
Definition: A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter. [Written also give.] Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. Shak. With gyves upon his wrist. Hood.
Gyve, v. t. Etym: [imp. & p. p. Gyved (p. pr. & vb. n. Gyving.]
Definition: To fetter; to shackle; to chain. Spenser. I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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