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.
RAVEN
raven, Corvus corax
(noun) large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
raven
(verb) feed greedily; “The lions ravened the bodies”
devour, guttle, raven, pig
(verb) eat greedily; “he devoured three sandwiches”
raven, prey, predate
(verb) prey on or hunt for; “These mammals predate certain eggs”
raven
(verb) obtain or seize by violence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
raven (countable and uncountable, plural ravens)
(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
A jet-black colour.
Adjective
raven (not comparable)
Of the color of the raven; jet-black
Etymology 2
Noun
raven (plural ravens)
Rapine; rapacity.
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Verb
raven (third-person singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened)
(transitive, archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.
(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.
(intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).
Anagrams
• Verna
Proper noun
Raven
A surname.
A female given name from English for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.
A male given name
Anagrams
• Verna
Source: Wiktionary
Ra"ven, n. Etym: [AS. hræfn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. Sea raven (Zoöl.), the cormorant.
Ra"ven, a.
Definition: Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
Rav"en, n. Etym: [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See Ravine, Rapine.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. Rapine; rapacity. Ray.
2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Rav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravened; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening.] Etym: [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. To obtain or seize by violence. Hakewill.
2. To devoir with great eagerness. Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. Shak.
Rav"en, v. i.
Definition: To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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