In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CAPSIZED
Verb
capsized
simple past tense and past participle of capsize
Source: Wiktionary
CAPSIZE
Cap*size", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing.] Etym: [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.]
Definition: To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. But what if carrying sail capsize the boat Byron.
Cap"size`, n.
Definition: An upset or overturn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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