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.
REGAINING
restitution, return, restoration, regaining
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
regaining
simple past tense and past participle of regain
Noun
regaining (plural regainings)
The act by which something is regained.
Source: Wiktionary
REGAIN
Re*gain" (r*gn"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.]
Definition: To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.
Syn.
– To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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