Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PRESURMISE
Etymology
Noun
presurmise (plural presurmises)
A surmise previously formed.
Anagrams
• impressure
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`sur*mise", n.
Definition: A surmise previously formed. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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