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.
LECTURE
lecture, lecturing
(noun) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
lecture, speech, talking to
(noun) a lengthy rebuke; “a good lecture was my father’s idea of discipline”; “the teacher gave him a talking to”
lecture, public lecture, talk
(noun) a speech that is open to the public; “he attended a lecture on telecommunications”
lecture, talk
(verb) deliver a lecture or talk; “She will talk at Rutgers next week”; “Did you ever lecture at Harvard?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lecture (plural lectures)
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
(by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university]
A berating or scolding.
(obsolete) The act of reading.
Verb
lecture (third-person singular simple present lectures, present participle lecturing, simple past and past participle lectured)
(ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
(transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.
Synonyms
• See also reprehend
Anagrams
• truecel
Source: Wiktionary
Lec"ture, n. Etym: [F. lecture, LL. lectura, fr. L. legere, lectum, to read. See Legend.]
1. The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture. [Obs.]
2. A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
3. A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
4. (Eng. Universities)
Definition: A rehearsal of a lesson.
Lec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lectured; p. pr. & vb. n. Lecturing.]
1. To read or deliver a lecture to.
2. To reprove formally and with authority.
Lec"ture, v. i.
Definition: To deliver a lecture or lectures.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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