In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PRESCRIPTIVELY
Etymology
Adverb
prescriptively (comparative more prescriptively, superlative most prescriptively)
In a prescriptive manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
Definition: By prescription.
PRESCRIPTIVE
Pre*scrip"tive, a. Etym: [L. praescriptivus of a demurrer or legal exception.] (Law)
Definition: Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom. The right to be drowsy in protracted toil has become prescriptive. J. M. Mason.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBSERVE
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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