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.
RESTRENGTHEN
restrengthen
(verb) make strong again
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
restrengthen (third-person singular simple present restrengthens, present participle restrengthening, simple past and past participle restrengthened)
to strengthen again, to make stronger again
Anagrams
• strengthener
Source: Wiktionary
Re*strength"en, v. t.
Definition: To strengthen again; to fortify anew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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