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.
VAPORISE
evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
(verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; “evaporate milk”
gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
(verb) turn into gas; “The substance gasified”
evaporate, vaporise
(verb) change into a vapor; “The water evaporated in front of our eyes”
evaporate, vaporise
(verb) cause to change into a vapor; “The chemist evaporated the water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
vaporise (third-person singular simple present vaporises, present participle vaporising, simple past and past participle vaporised)
(chiefly, British spelling) Alternative spelling of vaporize
Anagrams
• apivores
Source: Wiktionary
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16 April 2025
RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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