In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PREDIGEST
predigest
(verb) digest (food) beforehand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
predigest (third-person singular simple present predigests, present participle predigesting, simple past and past participle predigested)
To digest food in advance of eating it
(by extension) To preprocess in order to deliver the most important parts in a simplified form.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`di*gest", v. t. (Med.)
Definition: To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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