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.
TOUGHEN
toughen
(verb) make tough or tougher; “This experience will toughen her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
toughen (third-person singular simple present toughens, present participle toughening, simple past and past participle toughened)
(transitive) To make tough.
(intransitive) To become tough.
Anagrams
• oughten
Source: Wiktionary
Tough"en, v. i.&t. [imp. & p. p. Toughened; p. pr. & vb. n. Toughening.]
Definition: To grow or make tough, or tougher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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