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.
ORNAMENTED
Verb
ornamented
simple past tense and past participle of ornament
Source: Wiktionary
ORNAMENT
Or"na*ment, n. Etym: [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.]
Definition: That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4. Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns and ornaments. Tennyson.
Or"na*ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ornamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Ornamenting.]
Definition: To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.
Syn.
– See Adorn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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