In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ACKNOWN
Verb
acknown
past participle of acknow
(obsolete) Recognized, confessed, disclosed, revealed, realized
(obsolete) Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
Be not acknown on't: I have use for it.
Source: Wiktionary
ACKNOW
Ac*know", v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnawan.]
1. To recognize. [Obs.] "You will not be acknown, sir." B. Jonson.
2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] Chaucer. To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. Sir T. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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