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.
SUPERINDUCE
Etymology
Verb
superinduce (third-person singular simple present superinduces, present participle superinducing, simple past and past participle superinduced)
(obsolete, transitive) To replace (someone) with someone else; to bring into another's position; especially, to take (a second wife) quickly after the death of a first, or while she is still alive.
To bring in or introduce as an addition; to produce, cause, bring on.
To cause (especially further disease) in addition (to an existing medical condition).
To place over (something or someone); to cover.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*in*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superinduced; p. pr. & vb. n. Superinducing.] Etym: [Pref. super- + induce: cf. L. superinducere to draw over.]
Definition: To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something. Long custom of sinning superinduces upon the soul new and absurd desires. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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