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.
obviates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate
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Source: Wiktionary
Ob"vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obviating.] Etym: [L. obviare; ob (see Ob-) + viare to go, fr. via way. See Voyage.]
1. To meet in the way. [Obs.] Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. Fuller.
2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going. To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions. Woodward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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.