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.
UNDERLIE
underlie
(verb) be or form the base for
underlie
(verb) lie underneath
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
underlie (third-person singular simple present underlies, present participle underlying, simple past underlay, past participle underlain)
(intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath.
(transitive) To lie under or beneath.
(transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
(transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
(mining) To underlay.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*lie", v. t. Etym: [AS. underlicgan. See Under, and Lie to be prostrate.]
1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. Sir W. Scott.
Un`der*lie", v. i.
Definition: To lie below or under.
Un"der*lie`, n.
Definition: See Underlay, n., 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
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