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The earliest known use of the verb preponder is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for preponder is from 1614, in the writing of John Norden, cartographer. preponder is formed within English, by derivation.
The earliest known use of the verb preponder is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for preponder is from around 1504, in a translation by William Atkynson, translator.
Dec 17, 2019 · Many archeologists believe the smaller earth ovens lined with hot stones were used to boil water in the pit for cooking meat or root vegetables as early as 30,000 years ago (during the Upper Paleolithic period).
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The earliest known use of the verb preponderate is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for preponderate is from 1611, in the writing of John Speed, historian and cartographer.
5-2 million years ago: Hominids shift away from the consumption of nuts and berries to begin the consumption of meat. [1][2] A hearth with cooking utensils. 2.5-1.8 million years ago: The discovery of the use of fire may have created a sense of sharing as a group. Earliest estimate for invention of cooking, by phylogenetic analysis.
Oct 20, 2020 · Intransitive sense is from 1620s. Meaning "to exceed in force or power" is from 1799. In 17c. English had a verb preponder "outweigh in importance," but it seems not to have survived. Related: Preponderating; preponderation.
The first store designed as a self-service, departmentalised food market was opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tenn., by Clarence Saunders. From it grew the first supermarket chain, Piggly Wiggly, precursor of the giant A&P, Safeway, and Kroger organisations
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