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.
PLATFORMS
Noun
platforms
plural of platform
Verb
platforms
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of platform
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
PLATFORM
Plat"form`, n. Etym: [Plat, a. + -form: cf. F. plateforme.]
1. A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.] lf the platform just reflects the order. Pope.
3. Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.
4. A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform. "The platform of Geneva." Hooker.
5. (Naut.)
Definition: A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop. Platform car, a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a f -- Platform scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed.
Plat"form`, v. t.
1. To place on a platform. [R.]
2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. Milton.
PLATFORM
Plat"form`, n. Etym: [Plat, a. + -form: cf. F. plateforme.]
1. A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.] lf the platform just reflects the order. Pope.
3. Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.
4. A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform. "The platform of Geneva." Hooker.
5. (Naut.)
Definition: A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop. Platform car, a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a f -- Platform scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed.
Plat"form`, v. t.
1. To place on a platform. [R.]
2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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