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.
VITALIZING
vitalizing, life-giving
(adjective) giving or having the power to give life and spirit; “returning the life-giving humus to the land”- Louis Bromfield; “life-giving love and praise”; “the vitalizing rays of the warming sun”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
vitalizing
present participle of vitalize
Source: Wiktionary
VITALIZE
Vi"tal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. vitaliser.]
Definition: To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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