In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ENLIGHT
Etymology
Verb
enlight (third-person singular simple present enlights, present participle enlighting, simple past and past participle enlit or enlighted)
(archaic, transitive) To illuminate.
Anagrams
• lething, lighten
Source: Wiktionary
En*light", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + light. Cf. Enlighten.]
Definition: To illumine; to enlighten. [R.] Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present, and shall warm the last. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
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