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.
SECLUDE
seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
(verb) keep away from others; “He sequestered himself in his study to write a book”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
seclude (third-person singular simple present secludes, present participle secluding, simple past and past participle secluded)
(transitive) To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude.
(transitive) To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude.
Anagrams
• Culdees, cedules, scedule
Source: Wiktionary
Se*clude, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Secluding.] Etym: [L. secludere, seclusum pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others. Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude their bosom slaves. Thomson.
2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.] Evelyn.
– Se*clud"ed*ly, adv.
– Se*clud"ed*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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