In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CLEANSING
cleansing, purifying
(adjective) acting like an antiseptic
ablutionary, cleansing
(adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; “ablutionary rituals”
cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
(noun) the act of making something clean; “he gave his shoes a good cleaning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
cleansing (comparative more cleansing, superlative most cleansing)
That cleanses.
Synonyms
• detergent (uncommon); smectic (rare)
Noun
cleansing (countable and uncountable, plural cleansings)
The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
Verb
cleansing
present participle of cleanse
Anagrams
• cleanings, enscaling
Source: Wiktionary
CLEANSE
Cleanse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.] Etym: [AS. clænsian, fr. clæne clean. See Clean.]
Definition: To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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