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.
QUIESCES
Verb
quiesces
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiesce
Source: Wiktionary
QUIESCE
Qui*esce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Quiescing.] Etym: [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See Quiet, a. & n.]
Definition: To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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