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.
INFESTED
Verb
infested
simple past tense and past participle of infest
Anagrams
• definest, fendiest
Source: Wiktionary
INFEST
In*fest", a. Etym: [L. infestus. See Infest, v. t.]
Definition: Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] Spenser.
In*fest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infested; p. pr. & vb. n. Infesting.] Etym: [L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere: cf. F. infester. See Defend.]
Definition: To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. To poison vermin that infest his plants. Cowper. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. Addison. And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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