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.
UPRAISE
resurrect, raise, upraise
(verb) cause to become alive again; “raise from the dead”; “Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected”; “Upraising ghosts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
upraise (third-person singular simple present upraises, present participle upraising, simple past and past participle upraised)
(archaic) To raise something up; to elevate.
(archaic) To move something upright; to erect.
Anagrams
• Perusia, Piraeus, Piræus, raise up, spuriae
Source: Wiktionary
Up*raise", v. t.
Definition: To raise; to lift up.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TWIST
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”
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