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.
OVERFEED
overfeed
(verb) feed excessively
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overfeed (third-person singular simple present overfeeds, present participle overfeeding, simple past and past participle overfed)
(transitive) To feed a person or animal too much.
(intransitive) To eat more than is necessary.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*feed", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Overfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overfeeding.]
Definition: To feed to excess; to surfeit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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