In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BASIFIED
BASIFY
alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
(verb) turn basic and less acidic; “the solution alkalized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
basified
simple past tense and past participle of basify
Source: Wiktionary
BASIFY
Ba"si*fy, v. t. Etym: [Base + -fy.] (Chem.)
Definition: To convert into a salifiable base.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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