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.
INSHIP
Etymology 1
Verb
inship (third-person singular simple present inships, present participle inshipping, simple past and past participle inshipped)
(transitive, dated) To put aboard a ship.
(transitive) Alternative form of enship (“to travel or send by ship”)
Etymology 2
Verb
inship (third-person singular simple present inships, present participle inshipping, simple past and past participle inshipped)
(transitive) To ship in from abroad; to import.
Source: Wiktionary
In*ship", v. t.
Definition: To embark. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
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