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.
INTEGRATE
integrate, incorporate
(verb) make into a whole or make part of a whole; “She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal”
integrate
(verb) become one; become integrated; “The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds”
integrate
(verb) calculate the integral of; calculate by integration
desegregate, integrate, mix
(verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; “This school is completely desegregated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
integrate (third-person singular simple present integrates, present participle integrating, simple past and past participle integrated)
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
To include as a constituent part or functionality.
To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.
(mathematics) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.
Antonym: segregate
(genetics) To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them.
Synonyms
• (form into one whole): embody, fuse, merge; see also coalesce
• (include as a constituent part): assimilate, incorporate, swallow; see also integrate
Anagrams
• argentite, ganterite
Source: Wiktionary
In"te*grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Integrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Integrating.] Etym: [L. integratus, p. p. of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. intégrer. See Integer, Entire.]
1. To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect. "That conquest rounded and integrated the glorious empire." De Quincey. Two distinct substances, the soul and body, go to compound and integrate the man. South.
2. To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.
3. (Math.)
Definition: To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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