In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
consumed (not comparable)
construed with with Full of, exuding (also figuratively).
consumed
simple past tense and past participle of consume
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Source: Wiktionary
Con*sume", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consumed; p.pr. & vb.n. Consuming.] Etym: [L. consumere to take wholly or complectely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere to buv. See Redeem.]
Definition: To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10.
Syn.
– To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
Con*sume", v. i.
Definition: To waste away slowly. Therefore, let Renedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.