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.
INTERCEPTED
Verb
intercepted
simple past tense and past participle of intercept
Source: Wiktionary
INTERCEPT
In`ter*cept", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercepting.] Etym: [L. interceptus, p. p. of intercipere to intercept; inter between + capere to take, seize: cf. F. intercepter. See Capable.]
1. To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris. God will shortly intercept your breath. Joye.
2. To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river. Who intercepts me in my expedition Shak. We must meet first, and intercept his course. Dryden.
3. To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade. While storms vindictive intercept the shore. Pope.
4. (Math.)
Definition: To include between; as, that part of the intercepted between the points A and B.
Syn.
– To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct.
In"ter*cept`, n. (Math.)
Definition: A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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