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.
pedestrianize (third-person singular simple present pedestrianizes, present participle pedestrianizing, simple past and past participle pedestrianized)
(transitive) To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles.
(intransitive, dated) To walk; to travel on foot.
(transitive, dated) To traverse on foot.
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*des"tri*an*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pedestrianized; p. pr. & vb. n. Pedestrianizing.]
Definition: To practice walking; to travel on foot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 October 2024
(adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”
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.