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.
INBREEDING
inbreeding
(noun) the act of mating closely related individuals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
inbreeding
present participle of inbreed
Noun
inbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural inbreedings)
(biology) breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related
Synonyms
• incest
Source: Wiktionary
INBREED
In*breed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inbred; p. pr. & vb. n. Inbreeding.] Etym: [Cf. Imbreed.]
1. To produce or generate within. Bp. Reynolds. To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue. Milton.
2. To breed in and in. See under Breed, v. i.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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