In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
donated
simple past tense and past participle of donate
donated (not comparable)
Having been given freely rather than purchased.
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Source: Wiktionary
Do"nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating.] Etym: [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.]
Definition: To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.