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.
RECONVERT
reconvert
(verb) convert back; “Hollywood is reconverting old films”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reconvert (third-person singular simple present reconverts, present participle reconverting, simple past and past participle reconverted)
(ambitransitive) To convert again, convert back.
(transitive) To convert.
Noun
reconvert (plural reconverts)
A person who has been reconverted.
Anagrams
• converter
Source: Wiktionary
Re`con*vert" (-vrt"), v. t.
Definition: To convert again. Milton.
Re*con"vert (r*kn"vrt), n.
Definition: A person who has been reconverted. Gladstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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