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.
REFLECTORIZE
reflectorize, reflectorise
(verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals; “the driveway was reflectorized for safety reasons”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reflectorize (third-person singular simple present reflectorizes, present participle reflectorizing, simple past and past participle reflectorized)
(US, traffic, transitive) To make reflective.
The department, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to the owner two partially or fully reflectorized license plates or devices for a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and one partially or fully reflectorized license plate or device for all other vehicles required to be registered under this code.
Source: Wiktionary
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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