The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RECOMPOSE
Etymology
Verb
recompose (third-person singular simple present recomposes, present participle recomposing, simple past and past participle recomposed)
(transitive) To compose or construct again.
(transitive) To bring (oneself) back to a state of calm.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`com*pose" (-pz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recomposed (-pzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recomposing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.]
1. To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly. The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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