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.
UPSPRANG
Verb
upsprang
simple past tense of upspring
Anagrams
• sprang up
Source: Wiktionary
UPSPRING
Up*spring", v. i.
Definition: To spring up. Tennyson.
Up"spring`, n.
1. An upstart. [Obs.] "The swaggering upspring." Shak.
2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.] Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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