In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
INUNDATES
Verb
inundates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inundate
Anagrams
• antidunes, unsainted, unstained
Source: Wiktionary
INUNDATE
In*un"date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inundated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inundating.] Etym: [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate.]
1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.
Syn.
– To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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