In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CONSIGNIFIES
Verb
consignifies
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consignify
Source: Wiktionary
CONSIGNIFY
Con*sig"ni*fy, v. t. Etym: [Pref. con- + sognify.]
Definition: To signify or denote in combination with something else. The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify, and to change the value or the figures. Horne Tooke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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