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.
SIMMERS
Verb
simmers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of simmer
Noun
simmers
plural of simmer
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Noun
Simmers
plural of Simmer
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Source: Wiktionary
SIMMER
Sim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Simmering.] Etym: [Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic word.]
Definition: To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil. I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil. Palsgrave.
Sim"mer, v. t.
Definition: To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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