In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COMPLOTS
Verb
complots
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complot
Source: Wiktionary
COMPLOT
Com"plot, n. Etym: [F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate, and cf. Plot.]
Definition: A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.
Com*plot", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Complotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Complotting.] Etym: [Cf. F. comploter, fr. complot.]
Definition: To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design. We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scence of miseries to the Trojans. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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