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.
TRANSSHAPE
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Verb
transshape (third-person singular simple present transshapes, present participle transshaping, simple past and past participle transshaped)
Alternative spelling of transhape
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Source: Wiktionary
Trans*shape", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transshaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Transshaping.] Etym: [Pref.trans- + shape.]
Definition: To change into another shape or form; to transform. [Written also transhape.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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