In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
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explicates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explicate
Source: Wiktionary
EXPLICATE
Ex"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. explicatus, p.p. of explicare.]
Definition: Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.
Ex"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating().]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." Blackmore.
2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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