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.
PLUSSES
Noun
plusses
plural of plus
Verb
plusses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plus
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Source: Wiktionary
PLUS
Plus, a. Etym: [L., more; akin to Gr. full. See Full, a., and cf. Più, Pleonasm.]
1. (Math.)
Definition: More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to Ant: minus.
2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power. Emerson. Plus sign (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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