In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
LITERALIZE
literalize, literalise
(verb) make literal; “literalize metaphors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
literalize (third-person singular simple present literalizes, present participle literalizing, simple past and past participle literalized)
To make literal or prosaic
Anagrams
• alliterize
Source: Wiktionary
Lit"er*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Literalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Literalizing.]
Definition: To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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