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.
OUTGIVE
Etymology
Verb
outgive (third-person singular simple present outgives, present participle outgiving, simple past outgave, past participle outgiven)
(transitive) To surpass in giving; to give more than.
Anagrams
• give out
Source: Wiktionary
Out*give", v. t.
Definition: To surpass in giving. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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