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.
PAVED
paved
(adjective) covered with a firm surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
paved
Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.
(figuratively) Laid out or made, as intentions, desires, plans, etc.
• The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Synonyms
• paven
Verb
paved
simple past tense and past participle of pave
Anagrams
• vaped
Source: Wiktionary
PAVE
Pa`vé", n. Etym: [F., from paver to pave. See Pave.]
Definition: The pavement. Nymphe du pavé ([A low euphemism.]
Pave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paved; p. pr. & vb. n. Paving.] Etym: [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr.
1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court. With silver paved, and all divine with gold. Dryden. To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. Gay.
2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise. It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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