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.
MOTIVATIVE
Etymology
Adjective
motivative (comparative more motivative, superlative most motivative)
motivating; serving to motivate
(grammar) In, marked by or pertaining to the motivative case.
Noun
motivative (uncountable)
(grammar) The motivative case, a case found in some languages (for example Basque) which marks the meaning "because of".
Source: Wiktionary
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