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.
SLEUTHED
Verb
sleuthed
simple past tense and past participle of sleuth
Source: Wiktionary
SLEUTH
Sleuth, n. Etym: [Icel. sloedh. See Slot a track.]
Definition: The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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