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.
HANDICAPPING
HANDICAP
disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap
(verb) injure permanently; “He was disabled in a car accident”
handicap, hinder, hamper
(verb) put at a disadvantage; “The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements”
handicap
(verb) attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
handicapping
present participle of handicap
Source: Wiktionary
HANDICAP
Hand"i*cap, n. Etym: [From hand in cap; -- perh. in reference to an old mode of setting a bargain by taking pieces of money from a cap.]
1. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.
2. A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
3. An old game at cards. [Obs.] Pepys.
Hand"i*cap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handicapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Handicapping.]
Definition: To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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