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.
IMPREGN
Etymology
Verb
impregn (third-person singular simple present impregns, present participle impregning, simple past and past participle impregned)
(obsolete) To impregnate; to make fruitful.
Anagrams
• gripmen, perming
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pregn", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. impregner. See Impregnate.]
Definition: To impregnate; to make fruitful. [Obs.] His perniciousss words, impregned With reason. Milton. Semele doth Bacchus bear Impregned of Jove. Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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