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.
RECOMPOSES
Verb
recomposes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recompose
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RECOMPOSE
Re`com*pose" (-pz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recomposed (-pzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recomposing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.]
1. To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly. The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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