toured
simple past tense and past participle of tour
• detour, douter, redout, routed
Source: Wiktionary
Tour, n. Etym: [F. tour. See Tower.]
Definition: A tower. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Tour, n. Etym: [F. tour. See Turn, v. t.]
1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. Milton.
2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] Blackmore.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
Syn.
– Journey; excursion. See Journey.
Tour, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toured; p. pr. & vb. n. Touring.]
Definition: To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. T. Hughes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
