In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
prepossessed
simple past tense and past participle of prepossess
prepossessed (comparative more prepossessed, superlative most prepossessed)
Showing bias or partiality
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`pos*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prepossessing.]
1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden.
2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord general. Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.