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.
LEVITATE
levitate, hover
(verb) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; “The guru claimed that he could levitate”
levitate
(verb) cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; “The magician levitated the woman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
levitate (third-person singular simple present levitates, present participle levitating, simple past and past participle levitated)
(transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
Source: Wiktionary
Lev"i*tate, v. i. Etym: [L. levitas, -atis, lightness. See Levity.]
Definition: To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. Sir. J. Herschel.
Lev"i*tate, v. i. (Spiritualism)
Definition: To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”
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