In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ACCITE
Etymology
Verb
accite (third-person singular simple present accites, present participle acciting, simple past and past participle accited)
(transitive, obsolete) To summon.
(transitive, obsolete) To quote.
(transitive, obsolete) To excite.
(transitive, obsolete) To induce.
Anagrams
• acetic
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cite", v. t. Etym: [L. accitus, p. p. of accire, accere, to call for; ad + ciere to move, call. See Cite.]
Definition: To cite; to summon. [Obs.] Our heralds now accited all that were Endamaged by the Elians. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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