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.
MASTICATE
chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
(verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; “He jawed his bubble gum”; “Chew your food and don’t swallow it!”; “The cows were masticating the grass”
masticate
(verb) grind and knead; “masticate rubber”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
masticate (third-person singular simple present masticates, present participle masticating, simple past and past participle masticated)
(transitive) To chew (food).
(transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mas"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Masticating.] Etym: [L. masticatus, p. p. of masticare to chew, prob. fr. mastiche mastic. See Mastic.]
Definition: To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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