In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ENSLAVES
Verb
enslaves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enslave
Anagrams
• naveless, vaneless
Source: Wiktionary
ENSLAVE
En*slave", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enslaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Enslaving.]
Definition: To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence. The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton. Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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