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.
REGULARIZE
regularize, regularise
(verb) make regular or more regular; “regularize the heart beat with a pace maker”
regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
(verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; “We cannot regulate the way people dress”; “This town likes to regulate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
regularize (third-person singular simple present regularizes, present participle regularizing, simple past and past participle regularized)
To make regular.
Source: Wiktionary
Reg"u*lar*ize (rg"*lr*z), v. t.
Definition: To cause to become regular; to regulate. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTITUTION
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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