In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
REFURBISH
refurbish, renovate, freshen up
(verb) make brighter and prettier; “we refurbished the guest wing”; “My wife wants us to renovate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
refurbish (third-person singular simple present refurbishes, present participle refurbishing, simple past and past participle refurbished)
(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
Anagrams
• brush fire, brush-fire, brushfire, furbisher
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fur"bish (r*fr"bsh), v. t.
Definition: To furbish anew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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