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.
UNCONGEAL
Etymology
Verb
uncongeal (third-person singular simple present uncongeals, present participle uncongealing, simple past and past participle uncongealed)
(intransitive) To thaw; to become liquid again.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`con*geal", v. i. Etym: [1st un- + congeal.]
Definition: To thaw; to become liquid again. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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