In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EMENDS
Verb
emends
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emend
Anagrams
• Mendes, mensed
Source: Wiktionary
EMEND
E*mend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] Etym: [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.]
Definition: To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.
Syn.
– To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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