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.
HYPOSENSITISE
Verb
hyposensitise (third-person singular simple present hyposensitises, present participle hyposensitising, simple past and past participle hyposensitised)
Alternative form of hyposensitize
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