In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CAPTIONED
Verb
captioned
simple past tense and past participle of caption
Anagrams
• pactioned
Source: Wiktionary
CAPTION
Cap"tion, n. Etym: [L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head. See Capacious.]
1. A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.] This doctrine is for caption and contradiction. Bacon.
2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] Bouvier.
3. (Law)
Definition: That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it taken, found, or executed. Bouvier. Wharton.
4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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