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.
RECOVERY
recovery, retrieval
(noun) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
recovery
(noun) return to an original state; “the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid”
convalescence, recuperation, recovery
(noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
recovery (countable and uncountable, plural recoveries)
The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
A return to normal health.
A return to former status or position.
(economics) Renewed growth after a slump.
(legal) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
(mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
(gaming) The ability to recover or regain health.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cov"er*y (r*kv"r*), n.
1. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.
3. (Law)
Definition: The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.
4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had. [Obs.] "Help be past recovery." Tusser.
5. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke. Common recovery (Law), a species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America. Burrill. Warren.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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