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.
RARIFY
complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
(verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer; “refine a design or pattern”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
rarify (third-person singular simple present rarifies, present participle rarifying, simple past and past participle rarified)
Alternative spelling of rarefy
Anagrams
• friary
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