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.
TRANSPORTABLE
movable, moveable, transferable, transferrable, transportable
(adjective) capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
transportable (comparative more transportable, superlative most transportable)
Capable of being transported; easily moved.
(dated) Incurring the punishment of transportation or exile to another place.
Noun
transportable (plural transportables)
(dated) A portable computer or telephone.
Source: Wiktionary
Trans*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transportable.]
1. Capable of being transported.
2. Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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