In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ENDOWS
Verb
endows
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endow
Anagrams
• Downes, Sowden, snowed
Source: Wiktionary
ENDOW
En*dow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Endowing.] Etym: [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. douer to endow, L. dotare. See Dower, and cf. 2d Endue.]
1. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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