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.
PROCREANTS
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procreants
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PROCREANT
Pro"cre*ant, a. Etym: [L. procreans, p. pr. of procreare. See Procreate.]
Definition: Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation. [R.] "His pendent bed and procreant cradle." Shak.
Pro"cre*ant, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, procreates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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