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.
MERCHANTED
Verb
merchanted
simple past tense and past participle of merchant
Source: Wiktionary
MERCHANT
Mer"chant, n. Etym: [OE. marchant, OF. marcheant, F. marchand, fr. LL. mercatans, -antis, p. pr. of mercatare to negotiate, L. mercari to traffic, fr. merx, mercis, wares. See Market, Merit, and cf. Commerce.]
1. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad. Shak.
2. A trading vessel; a merchantman. [Obs.] Shak.
3. One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.]
Mer"chant, a.
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
– Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. Am. Cyc.
– Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
– Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.
Mer"chant, v. i.
Definition: To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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