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.
IRRADIATED
Verb
irradiated
simple past tense and past participle of irradiate
Adjective
irradiated (comparative more irradiated, superlative most irradiated)
Emitted outwards from a centre like rays.
(heraldry) Having rays.
Having been exposed to (especially nuclear) radiation.
Source: Wiktionary
IRRADIATE
Ir*ra"di*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Irradiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Irradiating.] Etym: [L. irradiatus, p. p. of irradiate. See In- in, and Radiate.]
1. To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster. Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields. Sir W. Jones.
2. To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind. Bp. Bull.
3. To animate by heat or light. Sir M. Hale.
4. To radiate, shed, or diffuse. A splendid fairradiating hospitality. H. James.
Ir*ra"di*ate, v. i.
Definition: To emit rays; to shine.
Ir*ra"di*ate, a. Etym: [L. irradiatus, p. p.]
Definition: Illuminated; irradiated. Mason.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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