In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
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Verb
fructifies
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fructify
Source: Wiktionary
FRUCTIFY
Fruc"ti*fy, v. i. Etym: [F. fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + ficare (only in comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See Fruit, and Fact.]
Definition: To bear fruit. "Causeth the earth to fructify." Beveridge.
Fruc"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fructified; p. pr. & vb. n. Fructifying.]
Definition: To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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