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.
MACHINATE
conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate
(verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; “They conspired to overthrow the government”
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort; “machinate a plot”; “organize a strike”; “devise a plan to take over the director’s office”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
machinate (third-person singular simple present machinates, present participle machinating, simple past and past participle machinated)
(ambitransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mach"i*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Machinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Machinating.] Etym: [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine.]
Definition: To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. "How long will you machinate!" Sandys.
Mach"i*nate, v. t.
Definition: To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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