In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ABNEGATED
Verb
abnegated
simple past tense and past participle of abnegate
Source: Wiktionary
ABNEGATE
Ab"ne*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abnegated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abnegating.] Etym: [L. abnegatus,p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See Deny.]
Definition: To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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