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.
RETRANSFORM
Etymology
Verb
retransform (third-person singular simple present retransforms, present participle retransforming, simple past and past participle retransformed)
(transitive) To transform anew or back.
Anagrams
• Transformer, transformer
Source: Wiktionary
Re`trans*form", v. t.
Definition: To transform anew or back.
– Re`trans*for*ma"tion, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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