In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AERIFY
gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
(verb) turn into gas; “The substance gasified”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
aerify (third-person singular simple present aerifies, present participle aerifying, simple past and past participle aerified)
(transitive) To mix with air.
(transitive) To vaporize.
Anagrams
• Fairey, faiery
Source: Wiktionary
A"ër*i*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. aër air + -fly.]
1. To infuse air into; to combine air with.
2. To change into an aëriform state.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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