In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COGNISE
know, cognize, cognise
(verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; “I know that the President lied to the people”; “I want to know who is winning the game!”; “I know it’s time”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
cognise (third-person singular simple present cognises, present participle cognising, simple past and past participle cognised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of cognize.
Anagrams
• coignes, congies
Source: Wiktionary
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