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.
REPLETED
Verb
repleted
simple past tense and past participle of replete
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Source: Wiktionary
REPLETE
Re*plete" (r-plt"), a. Etym: [L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty, Replenish.]
Definition: Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. "His words replete with guile." Milton. When he of wine was replet at his feast. Chaucer. In heads repiete with thoughts of other men. Cowper.
Re*plete", v. t.
Definition: To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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