In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
NOMINATES
Verb
nominates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nominate
Anagrams
• Mansonite, Minnesota, antimeson, antinomes, mannitose
Source: Wiktionary
NOMINATE
Nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Nominating.] Etym: [L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name.]
1. To mention by name; to name. [Obs.] To nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak.
2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To set down in express terms; to state. [Obs.] Is it so noiminated in the bond Shak.
4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
19 April 2025
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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