The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
EDITUATE
E*dit"u*ate, v. t. Etym: [LL. aedituatus, p. p. of aedituare, fr. L. aedituus a temple warden; aedes building, temple + tueri to guard.]
Definition: To guard as a churchwarden does. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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