In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EXCOGITATE
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
(verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; “excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
excogitate (third-person singular simple present excogitates, present participle excogitating, simple past and past participle excogitated)
To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cog"i*tate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated; p. pr. & vb. n.. Excogitating.] Etym: [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See Cogitate.]
Definition: To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell.
Ex*cog"i*tate, v. i.
Definition: To cogitate. [R.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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