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.
REFIT
refit
(noun) outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
refit
(verb) fit out again
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
refit (plural refits)
The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored.
Verb
refit (third-person singular simple present refits, present participle refitting, simple past and past participle refitted)
(transitive) To fit again; to put back into its place.
(transitive) To prepare for use again; to repair or restore.
(transitive) To fit out or supply again (with something).
(intransitive, nautical) To prepare a vessel for use again (e.g. by replenishing depleted supplies or doing maintenance or repair work); (of a vessel) to be prepared for use again.
Anagrams
• freit, treif, trife
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fit" (r*ft"), v. t.
1. To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war. Macaulay.
2. To fit out or supply a second time.
Re*fit", v. i.
Definition: To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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