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.
REABSORB
reabsorb, resorb
(verb) undergo resorption
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reabsorb (third-person singular simple present reabsorbs, present participle reabsorbing, simple past and past participle reabsorbed)
To absorb again.
Anagrams
• Barberos, absorber
Source: Wiktionary
Re`ab*sorb", v. t.
Definition: To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ERASE
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