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.
RECENTRE
Etymology
Verb
recentre (third-person singular simple present recentres, present participle recentring, simple past and past participle recentred)
Alternative form of recenter
Anagrams
• Terrence, recenter
Source: Wiktionary
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BEQUEATH
(verb) leave or give by will after one’s death; “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; “My grandfather left me his entire estate”
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