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.
REHASH
rehash
(noun) old material that is slightly reworked and used again; “merely a dull rehash of his first novel”
retrograde, rehash, hash over
(verb) go back over; “retrograde arguments”
rehash
(verb) present or use over, with no or few changes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
rehash (third-person singular simple present rehashes, present participle rehashing, simple past and past participle rehashed)
(transitive) To repeat with minor variation.
(transitive) To analyze a prior contentious or embarrassing event.
(transitive, computing) To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
Noun
rehash (plural rehashes)
Something reworked, or made up from old materials.
(computing) A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
Anagrams
• harshe, hasher
Source: Wiktionary
Re*hash" (r*hsh"), v. t.
Definition: To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.
Re*hash", n.
Definition: Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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