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.
VELLICATED
Verb
vellicated
simple past tense and past participle of vellicate
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VELLICATE
Vel"li*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vellicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vellicating.] Etym: [L. vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to twitch, fr. vellere to pluck, pull.]
Definition: To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively. Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous. Arbuthnot.
Vel"li*cate, v. i.
Definition: To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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