The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INGEMINATES
Verb
ingeminates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingeminate
Source: Wiktionary
INGEMINATE
In*gem"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. ingeminatus, p. p.]
Definition: Redoubled; repeated. Jer. Taylor.
In*gem"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingeminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingeminating.] Etym: [L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See Geminate.]
Definition: To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. Clarendon. . . . She yet ingeminates The last of sounds, and what she hears relates. Sandys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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