In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
OBTEND
Etymology
Verb
obtend (third-person singular simple present obtends, present participle obtending, simple past and past participle obtended)
(obsolete) To oppose; to hold out in opposition.
(obsolete) To offer as the reason for something; to pretend.
"'T was giv'n to you, your darling son to shroud,
To draw the dastard from the fighting crowd,
And, for a man, obtend an empty cloud."
Anagrams
• T-boned
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtended; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtending.] Etym: [L.obtendere, obtentum, to stretch or place before or against; ob (see Ob-) + tendere to stretch.]
1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.] Dryden
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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