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.
OVERLEAPING
Verb
overleaping
present participle of overleap
Source: Wiktionary
OVERLEAP
O`ver*leap", v. t. Etym: [AS. oferhleápan. See Over, and Leap.]
Definition: To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. "Let me o'erleap that custom." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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