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.
INDAGATED
Verb
indagated
simple past tense and past participle of indagate
Source: Wiktionary
INDAGATE
In"da*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. indagatus, p. p. of indagare to seek.]
Definition: To seek or search out. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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