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.
UPBEAR
Etymology
Verb
upbear (third-person singular simple present upbears, present participle upbearing, simple past upbore, past participle upbore or upborne)
(dated, transitive) To hold up; raise aloft; hold or sustain high
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• bear up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*bear", v. t.
Definition: To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain. Spenser. One short sigh of breath, upbore Even to the seat of God. Milton. A monstrous wave upbore The chief, and dashed him on the craggy shore. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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