CRISPEN

crispen, toast, crisp

(verb) make brown and crisp by heating; “toast bread”; “crisp potatoes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

crispen (third-person singular simple present crispens, present participle crispening, simple past and past participle crispened)

(transitive) To make crisp.

(intransitive) To become crisp.

Anagrams

• Crespin, Princes, pincers, princes

Source: Wiktionary



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SUBDUCTION

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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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