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.
SUPPED
SUP
sup
(verb) take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
supped
simple past tense and past participle of sup
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• sped up
Source: Wiktionary
SUP
Sup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supped; p. pr. & vb. n. Supping.] Etym: [OE. soupen to drink, AS. s; akin to D. zuipen, G. saufen, OHG. s, Icel. s, Sw. supa, Dan. söbe. Cf. Sip, Sop, Soup, Supper.]
Definition: To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip. There I'll sup Balm and nectar in my cup. Crashaw.
Sup, n.
Definition: A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip. Tom Thumb had got a little sup. Drayton.
Sup, v. i. Etym: [See Supper.]
Definition: To eat the evening meal; to take supper. I do entreat that we may sup together.
Sup, v. t.
Definition: To treat with supper. [Obs.] Sup them well and look unto them all. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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