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.
LIQUIFY
liquefy, flux, liquify
(verb) become liquid or fluid when heated; “the frozen fat liquefied”
liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
(verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; “liquefy the silver”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
liquify (third-person singular simple present liquifies, present participle liquifying, simple past and past participle liquified)
Alternative form of liquefy
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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