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.
PREADAPT
Etymology
Verb
preadapt (third-person singular simple present preadapts, present participle preadapting, simple past and past participle preadapted)
To adapt in advance.
Anagrams
• rapped at
Source: Wiktionary
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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