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.
REDIRECT
redirect, airt
(verb) channel into a new direction; “redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
redirect (third-person singular simple present redirects, present participle redirecting, simple past and past participle redirected)
(transitive) To give new direction to, change the direction of.
(transitive) To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
(computing, transitive) To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
(computing) To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.
Synonyms
• reorient
Noun
redirect (plural redirects)
A redirection.
(legal) An examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination.
(computing) The substitution of one address or identifier for another one, so as to navigate to a different location.
Synonyms
• (legal): redirect examination
Anagrams
• cedriret, directer, recredit
Source: Wiktionary
Re`di*rect" (r`d*rkt"), a. (Law)
Definition: Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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