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.
OVERDIRECT
Etymology
Verb
overdirect (third-person singular simple present overdirects, present participle overdirecting, simple past and past participle overdirected)
(transitive) To take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film).
To provide too much direction, to be too controlling.
Source: Wiktionary
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15 November 2024
HISTOLOGICALLY
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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