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.
OVERCLOUD
obscure, bedim, overcloud
(verb) make obscure or unclear; “The distinction was obscured”
overcloud, cloud over, cloud up
(verb) become covered with clouds; “The sky clouded over”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overcloud (third-person singular simple present overclouds, present participle overclouding, simple past and past participle overclouded)
(ambitransitive) To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
(transitive, figurative) To cast sorrow or gloom over.
Anagrams
• cloud over
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*cloud", v. t.
Definition: To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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