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.
UNDESERVE
Etymology
Verb
undeserve (third-person singular simple present undeserves, present participle undeserving, simple past and past participle undeserved)
(obsolete) To fail to deserve.
Anagrams
• Duneverse, unsevered
Source: Wiktionary
Un`de*serve", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + deserve.]
Definition: To fail to deserve. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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