In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
IMPOUNDED
Verb
impounded
simple past tense and past participle of impound
Source: Wiktionary
IMPOUND
Im*pound" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.]
Definition: To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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