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.
RE
re, ray
(noun) the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Ra, Re
(noun) ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods
rhenium, Re, atomic number
(noun) a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Preposition
re
About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents and emails.
Usage notes
This word, when used in this particular sense, is often rendered as Re: (with a colon). It is not an abbreviation.
Synonyms
• about, apropos, as for; See also about
Etymology 2
Noun
re (uncountable)
(music) a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
Etymology 3
Noun
re (uncountable)
Reinsurance.
Anagrams
• 'er, -'er, -er, E-R, E. R., E.R., ER, er, er.
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Re
(Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Ra
Etymology 2
Symbol
Re
rupee
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Re
A municipality of Vestfold, Norway
Anagrams
• 'er, -'er, -er, E-R, E. R., E.R., ER, er, er.
Preposition
RE
Regarding, re.
Proper noun
RE
Initialism of Royal Engineers, a regiment in the British Army.
Noun
RE (countable and uncountable, plural REs)
(computing theory) Abbreviation of "recursively enumerable"; the class of decision problems for which a 'yes' answer can be verified by a Turing machine in a finite amount of time.
Abbreviation of Religious Education.
Abbreviation of rare earth.
(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of response element.
Anagrams
• 'er, -'er, -er, E-R, E. R., E.R., ER, er, er.
Source: Wiktionary
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