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.
UNDEVIL
Un*dev"il, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + devil.]
Definition: To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise. [Obs.] They boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting . . . would not be undeviled by all their exorcisms. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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