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.
OVERFLEW
Verb
overflew
simple past tense of overfly
Source: Wiktionary
OVERFLY
O`ver*fly", v. t. [imp. Overflew; p. p. Overflown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflying.]
Definition: To cross or pass over by flight. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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