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.
UNCURSING
Verb
uncursing
present participle of uncurse
Source: Wiktionary
UNCURSE
Un*curse", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + curse.]
Definition: To free from a curse or an execration. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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