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.
UNBARRED
unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured
(adjective) not firmly fastened or secured; “an unbarred door”; “went through the unlatched gate into the street”; “an unlocked room”
UNBAR
unbar
(verb) remove a bar from (a door)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
unbarred
simple past tense and past participle of unbar
Adjective
unbarred (not comparable)
Not fitted or closed with bars.
Of a feather, lacking barring.
Anagrams
• errabund, underbar
Source: Wiktionary
UNBAR
Un*bar", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + bar.]
Definition: To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate. Heber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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