In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COUNTERMANDING
Verb
countermanding
present participle of countermand
Source: Wiktionary
COUNTERMAND
Coun`ter*mand" (koun`tr-mnd"), v. t. [imp & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.] Etym: [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate.]
1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.
2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles. Harvey.
3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. For us to alter anuthing, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.
Coun"ter*mand (koun"tr-mnd), n.
Definition: A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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