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.
WEXES
Verb
wexes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wex
Source: Wiktionary
WEX
Wex, v. t. & i.
Definition: To grow; to wax. [Obs.] Chaucer. "Each wexing moon." Dryden.
Wex, obs. imp. of Wex.
Definition: Waxed. Chaucer.
Wex, n.
Definition: Wax. [Obs.] "Yelwe as wex." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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