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.
SAGINATED
Verb
saginated
simple past tense and past participle of saginate
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Source: Wiktionary
SAGINATE
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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