In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
APHETIZE
Verb
aphetize (third-person singular simple present aphetizes, present participle aphetizing, simple past and past participle aphetized)
(transitive, linguistics) To shorten by aphesis.
Anagrams
• hepatize
Source: Wiktionary
Aph"e*tize, v. t.
Definition: To shorten by aphesis. These words . . . have been aphetized. New Eng. Dict.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CORRECTION
(noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; “market runups are invariably followed by a correction”
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