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.
MALEATE
maleate
(noun) a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
maleate (plural maleates)
(organic chemistry) any salt or ester of maleic acid
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*le"ate, n.
Definition: A salt of maleic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TYPIFY
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
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