In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ACCREMENTITION
Ac`cre*men*ti"tion, n. Etym: [See Accresce, Increment.] (Physiol.)
Definition: The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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