In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
STENOGRAPHED
Verb
stenographed
simple past tense and past participle of stenograph
Source: Wiktionary
STENOGRAPH
Sten"o*graph, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stenographed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stenographing.]
Definition: To write or report in stenographic characters.
Sten"o*graph, n.
Definition: A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand. I saw the reporters' room, in which they redact their hasty stenographs. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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