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.
INTERSERTED
Verb
interserted
simple past tense and past participle of intersert
Source: Wiktionary
INTERSERT
In`ter*sert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interserting.] Etym: [L. intersertus, p. p. of interserere to intersert; inter between + serere to join, weave.]
Definition: To put in between other things; to insert. [Obs.] Brerewood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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