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.
RETOOK
RETAKE
retake
(verb) photograph again; “Please retake that scene”
recapture, retake
(verb) capture again; “recapture the escaped prisoner”
recapture, retake
(verb) take back by force, as after a battle; “The military forces managed to recapture the fort”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
retook
simple past tense of retake
Anagrams
• Tooker
Source: Wiktionary
RETAKE
Re*take", v. t.
1. To take or receive again.
2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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