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.
PROCREATION
reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life
(noun) the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
procreation (usually uncountable, plural procreations)
The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
Synonyms
• reproduction
Anagrams
• incorporate
Source: Wiktionary
Pro`cre*a"tion n. Etym: [F. procréation, L, procreatio.]
Definition: The act of begetting; generation and production of young. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MECHANISM
(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”
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