In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EFFORCE
Etymology
Verb
efforce (third-person singular simple present efforces, present participle efforcing, simple past and past participle efforced)
(obsolete, reflexive) To force oneself.
(obsolete, transitive) To force, force open; to acquire by force.
Source: Wiktionary
Ef*force, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Efforced; p. pr. & vb. n. Efforcing.] Etym: [OF. esforcier (F. s'efforcer to exert one's self), LL. exforciare; L. ex + fortis strong. See Force.]
Definition: To force; to constrain; to compel to yield. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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