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.
UNDERGIRT
UNDERGIRD
undergird, brace up
(verb) make secure underneath; “undergird the ship”
undergird
(verb) lend moral support to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
UNDERGIRD
Un`der*gird", v. t.
Definition: To blind below; to gird round the bottom. They used helps, undergirding the ship. Acts xxvii. 17.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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