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.
MATURATE
fester, maturate, suppurate
(verb) ripen and generate pus; “her wounds are festering”
senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
(verb) grow old or older; “She aged gracefully”; “we age every day--what a depressing thought!”; “Young men senesce”
mature, maturate, grow
(verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; “He matured fast”; “The child grew fast”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
maturate (third-person singular simple present maturates, present participle maturating, simple past and past participle maturated)
(transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
(medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
(medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.
Source: Wiktionary
Mat"u*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maturating.] Etym: [L. maturatus, p. p. of maturare to make ripe, fr. maturus ripe, mature. See Mature, v. & a.]
1. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. A tree may be maturated artificially. Fuller.
2. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
Mat"u*rate, v. i.
Definition: To ripen; to become mature; specif
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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