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.
VELARISE
Etymology
Verb
velarise (third-person singular simple present velarises, present participle velarising, simple past and past participle velarised)
Alternative form of velarize
Anagrams
• Larivees
Source: Wiktionary
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