The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RECURE
Etymology
Verb
recure (third-person singular simple present recures, present participle recuring, simple past and past participle recured)
(obsolete) To cure, heal.
(obsolete) To restore (something) to a good condition.
(obsolete) To recover, regain (something that had been lost).
To arrive at; to reach; to attain.
Noun
recure (uncountable)
(obsolete) cure; remedy; recovery
But whom he hite, without recure he dies.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cure" (r*kr"), v. t. Etym: [Cf. Recover.]
1. To arrive at; to reach; to attain. [Obs.] Lydgate.
2. To recover; to regain; to repossess. [Obs.] When their powers, impaired through labor long, With due repast, they had recured well. Spenser.
3. To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair. In western waves his weary wagon did recure. Spenser.
4. To be a cure for; to remedy. [Obs.] No medicine Might avail his sickness to recure. Lydgate.
Re*cure", n.
Definition: Cure; remedy; recovery. [Obs.] But whom he hite, without recure he dies. Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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