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.
SAGINATE
Verb
saginate (third-person singular simple present saginates, present participle saginating, simple past and past participle saginated)
(archaic) to fatten
Anagrams
• Gatesian, againest
Source: Wiktionary
Sag"i*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. saginatus, p.p. of saginare to fat, fr. sagina stuffing.]
Definition: To make fat; to pamper. [R.] "Many a saginated boar." Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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