In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AGRISED
Verb
agrised
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
Anagrams
• Garside, argides, radgies
Source: Wiktionary
AGRISE
A*grise", v. i. Etym: [AS. agrisan to dread; a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + grisan, for gr (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr, G. grausen, to shudder. See Grisly.]
Definition: To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A*grise", v. t.
1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.] His manly face that did his foes agrise. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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