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.
OUTSOURCE
outsource
(verb) obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out; “Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
outsource (third-person singular simple present outsources, present participle outsourcing, simple past and past participle outsourced)
(chiefly, US, business, management) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
Synonyms
• farm out, subcontract
Anagrams
• courteous
Source: Wiktionary
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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