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.
MISSTATE
misstate
(verb) state something incorrectly; “You misstated my position”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
misstate (third-person singular simple present misstates, present participle misstating, simple past and past participle misstated)
To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.
Anagrams
• etatisms, mistaste
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*state", v. t.
Definition: To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate. Bp. Sanderson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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