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.
STABLISH
Etymology
Verb
stablish (third-person singular simple present stablishes, present participle stablishing, simple past and past participle stablished)
(archaic) To establish.
Source: Wiktionary
Stab"lish, v. t. Etym: [Aphetic form of establish.]
Definition: To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix. [Obs.] 2 Sam. vii. 13.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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