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.
OVERDID
OVERDO
overdo, exaggerate
(verb) do something to an excessive degree; “He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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overdid
simple past tense of overdo
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OVERDO
O`ver*do", v. t. [imp. Overdid; p. p. Overdone; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdoing.]
1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. Shak.
2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.
3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] Tennyson.
4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
O`ver*do", v. i.
Definition: To labor too hard; to do too much.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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