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.
OUTVOTED
Verb
outvoted
simple past tense and past participle of outvote
Source: Wiktionary
OUTVOTE
Out*vote", v. t.
Definition: To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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