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.
unhitch
(verb) unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
unhitch (third-person singular simple present unhitches, present participle unhitching, simple past and past participle unhitched)
To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched.
• Hutchin
Source: Wiktionary
Un*hitch", v. t. Etym: [1 st pref. un- + hitch.]
Definition: To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2024
(verb) leave or give by will after one’s death; “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; “My grandfather left me his entire estate”
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.