In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ENLUMINE
Etymology
Verb
enlumine (third-person singular simple present enlumines, present participle enlumining, simple past and past participle enlumined)
(obsolete) To illumine; to light up.
Source: Wiktionary
En*lu"mine, v. t. Etym: [F. enluminer; pref. en- (L. in) + L. luminare to light up, illumine. See Illuminate, and cf. Limn.]
Definition: To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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