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.
KON
Kon, v. t.
Definition: To know. See Can, and Con. [Obs.] Ye konnen thereon as much as any man. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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