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.
VACUATED
Verb
vacuated
simple past tense and past participle of vacuate
Source: Wiktionary
VACUATE
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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