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.
RESINATING
Verb
resinating
present participle of resinate
Anagrams
• net-raising, netraising, restaining, retainings
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RESINATE
Res"in*ate (rz"n-t), n. (Chem.)
Definition: Any one of the salts the resinic acids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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