In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
OVERTOPS
Verb
overtops
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtop
Anagrams
• overpost, overpots, proovest, stop over, stop-over, stopover
Source: Wiktionary
OVERTOP
O`ver*top", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overtopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtopping.]
1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. "To old Pelion." Shak.
2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress. If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order. Milton.
3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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