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.
PRESCINDS
Verb
prescinds
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prescind
Source: Wiktionary
PRESCIND
Pre*scind", v. t. Etym: [L. praescindere to cut off in front; prae before + scindere to cut asunder: cf. F. prescinder.]
1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.] Norris.
2. (Metaph.)
Definition: To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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