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.
REVALUE
revalue
(verb) value anew; “revalue the German Mark”
appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
(verb) gain in value; “The yen appreciated again!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
revalue (third-person singular simple present revalues, present participle revaluing, simple past and past participle revalued)
To value again, give a new value to.
(UK, pensions) To apply revaluation to a pension benefit.
Source: Wiktionary
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