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.
REGRESSING
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regressing
present participle of regress
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REGRESS
Re"gress (r"grs), n. Etym: [L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede.]
1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man". F. Harrison.
2. The power or liberty of passing back. Shak.
Re*gress" (r*grs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Regressed (-grst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing.]
Definition: To go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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