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.
UPSIZE
Etymology
Verb
upsize (third-person singular simple present upsizes, present participle upsizing, simple past and past participle upsized)
(transitive) To make larger or more numerous.
(intransitive) To become larger or more numerous; to change to something larger, such as a house.
Antonyms
• downsize
Anagrams
• size up
Source: Wiktionary
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