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.
REGRADE
Etymology
Verb
regrade (third-person singular simple present regrades, present participle regrading, simple past and past participle regraded)
(transitive) To grade again, give a new grade or grading to.
(transitive) To regroup or reassign.
(US, transitive) To change the classification of (potentially secret documentation).
(obsolete) To retire or recede.
Anagrams
• Draeger, regarde
Source: Wiktionary
Re*grade" (r*grd"), v. i. Etym: [L. re- re- + gradi to go. Cf. Regrede. ]
Definition: To retire; to go back. [Obs.] W. Hales.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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