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.
UNCOMBINE
Etymology
Verb
uncombine (third-person singular simple present uncombines, present participle uncombining, simple past and past participle uncombined)
(transitive) To separate (things previously combined).
(intransitive) To cease to be combined; to become separate.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`com*bine", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + combine.]
Definition: To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. [R.] Daniel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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