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.
PREMEDITATED
premeditated
(adjective) characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning; “a premeditated crime”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
premeditated
simple past tense and past participle of premeditate
Adjective
premeditated (not comparable)
Planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate.
Antonyms
• unpremeditated
Source: Wiktionary
PREMEDITATE
Pre*med"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Premeditated (-ta`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Premeditating.] Etym: [L. praemeditatus, p. p. of praemeditari; prae before + meditari to meditate. See Meditate.]
Definition: To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery. With words premeditated thus he said. Dryden.
Pre*med"i*tate, v. i.
Definition: To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand.
Pre*med"i*tate, a. Etym: [L. praemeditatus, p. p.]
Definition: Premeditated; deliberate. [Archaic] Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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