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.
WESTERNIZE
occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
(verb) make western in character; “The country was Westernized after it opened up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
westernize (third-person singular simple present westernizes, present participle westernizing, simple past and past participle westernized)
To make something western in character.
Antonyms
• easternize
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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