In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ENABLED
Adjective
enabled (comparative more enabled, superlative most enabled)
Being capable for use or action; not disabled
(computing) Adapted for use with the specified mechanism or system.
Antonyms
• disabled
Verb
enabled
simple past tense and past participle of enable
Anagrams
• endable
Source: Wiktionary
ENABLE
En*a"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling.]
1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." 1 Tim. i. 12. Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.
2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow. Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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