In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DECUPLED
Verb
decupled
simple past tense and past participle of decuple
Source: Wiktionary
DECUPLE
Dec"u*ple, a. Etym: [F. décuple, L. decuplus, fr. decem ten.]
Definition: Tenfold. [R.]
Dec"u*ple, n.
Definition: A number ten times repeated. [R.]
Dec"u*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Decupling.]
Definition: To make tenfold; to multiply by ten. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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