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.
UPGROWS
Verb
upgrows
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upgrow
Anagrams
• grows up
Source: Wiktionary
UPGROW
Up*grow", v. i.
Definition: To grow up. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
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