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.
OVERSCORE
Etymology
Noun
overscore (plural overscores)
A line over a character of text; an overbar.
Verb
overscore (third-person singular simple present overscores, present participle overscoring, simple past and past participle overscored)
(transitive) To draw a line above (text).
(transitive) To draw a line through; to cross out.
(ambitransitive, music) To score (a piece of music) for too many instruments.
Source: Wiktionary
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AWRY
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