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.
VACUATE
Verb
vacuate (third-person singular simple present vacuates, present participle vacuating, simple past and past participle vacuated)
To empty; to clear out.
Source: Wiktionary
Vac"u*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. vacuatus, p. p. of vacuare to empty, from vacuus empty. See Vacant.]
Definition: To make void, or empty. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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