In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CONGREGATED
Verb
congregated
simple past tense and past participle of congregate
Source: Wiktionary
CONGREGATE
Con"gre*gate, a. Etym: [L. congregatus, p.p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]
Definition: Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.
Con"gre*gate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congregated; p.pr. & vb.n. Congregating]
Definition: To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact. Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker. Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge. The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. Milton.
Con"gre*gate, v. i.
Definition: To come together; to assemble; to meet. Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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