In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ACCUMULATING
Verb
accumulating
present participle of accumulate
Source: Wiktionary
ACCUMULATE
Ac*cu"mu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accumulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accumulating.] Etym: [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See Cumulate.]
Definition: To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.
Syn.
– To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard.
Ac*cu"mu*late, v. i.
Definition: To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.
Ac*cu"mu*late, a. Etym: [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.]
Definition: Collected; accumulated. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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