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.
INBREATHE
Etymology
Verb
inbreathe (third-person singular simple present inbreathes, present participle inbreathing, simple past and past participle inbreathed)
(ambitransitive) To breathe (something) in; imbreathe.
(transitive) To inspire (a person); communicate by inspiration; infuse by breathing.
(transitive) To draw in as breath; inhale; inspire.
Synonyms
• (to breathe): see breathe
Antonyms
• (to draw in as breath): outbreathe, breathe out, exhale
Anagrams
• breathe in, hibernate
Source: Wiktionary
In*breathe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inbreathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inbreathing.]
Definition: To infuse by breathing; to inspire. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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