In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ALCHEMIZE
alchemize, alchemise
(verb) alter (elements) by alchemy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
alchemize (third-person singular simple present alchemizes, present participle alchemizing, simple past and past participle alchemized)
Alternative spelling of alchemise
Source: Wiktionary
Al"che*mize, v. t.
Definition: To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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