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.
OVIPOSITS
Verb
oviposits
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oviposit
Source: Wiktionary
OVIPOSIT
O`vi*pos"it, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oviposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Ovipositing.] Etym: [See Ovum, and Posit.]
Definition: To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.
O`vi*pos"it, v. t.
Definition: To deposit or lay (an egg).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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