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.
RESENTS
Verb
resents
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resent
Anagrams
• Senters, nesters, renests, strenes
Source: Wiktionary
RESENT
Re*sent" (r-znt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n. Resenting.] Etym: [F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- + sentire to feel. See Sense.]
1. To be sensible of; to feel; as: (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction. [Obs.] Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers. Sir T. Browne.
(b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts. The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely. Bolingbroke.
3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i. [Obs.] This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul. Fuller. Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. Fuller.
Re*sent", v. i.
1. To feel resentment. Swift.
2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.] The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention. Fuller.
RESEND
Re*send" (r-snd"), v. t.
1. To send again; as, to resend a message.
2. To send back; as, to resend a gift. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Telegraphy)
Definition: To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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