In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
divulges
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divulge
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vulge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divulged; p. pr. & vb. n. Divulging.] Etym: [F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis- + vulgare to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people. See Vulgar.]
1. To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret. Divulge not such a love as mine. Cowper.
2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.] God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. Milton.
3. To impart; to communicate. Which would not be To them [animals] made common and divulged. Milton.
Syn.
– To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.
Di*vulge", v. i.
Definition: To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.