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.
METHODIZE
Etymology
Verb
methodize (third-person singular simple present methodizes, present participle methodizing, simple past and past participle methodized)
To reduce to method or order; to arrange in an orderly or systematic manner.
(obsolete) To make someone orderly or methodical.
(obsolete) To convert someone to Methodism.
(obsolete) To talk Methodistically.
To perform a theatrical role in accordance with the principles of method acting.
Source: Wiktionary
Meth"od*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Methodized; p. pr. & vb. n. Methodizing.]
Definition: To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts. Spectator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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