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.
TRANSCRIBED
canned, transcribed
(adjective) recorded for broadcast; “a transcribed announcement”; “canned laughter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
transcribed
simple past tense and past participle of transcribe
Source: Wiktionary
TRANSCRIBE
Tran*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transcribing.] Etym: [L. transcribere, transcriptum; trans across, over + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Definition: To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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