In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CONFORMED
Verb
conformed
simple past tense and past participle of conform
Source: Wiktionary
CONFORM
Con*form", a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.]
Definition: Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. Bacon.
Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith. Bp.Hall.
Con*form", v. i.
1. To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit;
– with to or with.
A rule to which experience must conform. Whewell.
2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.
About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day. Macaulay.
Con*form", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Conforming.] [F. conformer, L. conformare, -formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See Form.]
Definition: To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.
Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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