In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DUBITATED
Verb
dubitated
simple past tense and past participle of dubitate
Source: Wiktionary
DUBITATE
Du"bi*tate, v. i. Etym: [L. dubitatus, p. p. of dubitare. See Doubt.]
Definition: To doubt. [R.] If he . . . were to loiter dubitating, and not come. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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