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.
INVASIVE
invasive, encroaching(a), trespassing
(adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission; “we moved back from the encroaching tide”; “invasive tourists”; “trespassing hunters”
invasive
(adjective) marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; “invasive cancer cells”
invasive
(adjective) relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
incursive, invading, invasive
(adjective) involving invasion or aggressive attack; “invasive war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
invasive (comparative more invasive, superlative most invasive)
That invades a foreign country using military force.
Relating to military aggression generally.
(of a plant or animal) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
(medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) That invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
Intrusive on one's privacy.
Coming from outside; originating externally.
Noun
invasive (plural invasives)
An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.
Source: Wiktionary
In*va"sive, a. Etym: [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.]
Definition: Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. "Invasive war." Hoole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEND
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