The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
adepter
(archaic) comparative form of adept
• pad-tree, pre-date, predate, readept, red tape, retaped, tapered
Source: Wiktionary
A*dept", n. Etym: [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), adipsci to arrive ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.]
Definition: One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
A*dept", a.
Definition: Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.