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.
OVERMOUNTING
Verb
overmounting
present participle of overmount
Source: Wiktionary
OVERMOUNT
O`ver*mount", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Surmount.]
Definition: To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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