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.
REDINTEGRATION
Etymology
Noun
redintegration (plural redintegrations)
(rare) Restoration to a whole or sound state.
(chemistry, obsolete) Restoration of a mixture to its former nature and state.
(psychology) The reinstatement of a memory upon the presentation of a stimulus element that was a part of the stimulus complex that had aroused the event.
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Source: Wiktionary
Re*din`te*gra"tion (-gr"shn), n. Etym: [L. redintegratio.]
1. Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state. [Achaic.] Coxe.
3. (Psychology)
Definition: The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another;
– adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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