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.
OVERHENT
Etymology
Verb
overhent (third-person singular simple present overhents, present participle overhenting, simple past and past participle overhent)
(obsolete) To catch hold of; to overtake.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*hent", v. t. Etym: [See Hent.]
Definition: To overtake. [Obs.] So forth he went and soon them overhent. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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