In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
INTENSITIVE
Adjective
intensitive (comparative more intensitive, superlative most intensitive)
Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive.
'un-' is a prefix to nouns, adjectives, and secondary adverbs, and is generally purely negative, though sometimes intensitive in the sense of 'bad': […]
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In*ten"si*tive, a.
Definition: Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence. H. Sweet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(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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