In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FANTASIZE
fantasize, fantasise
(verb) portray in the mind; “he is fantasizing the ideal wife”
fantasy, fantasize, fantasise
(verb) indulge in fantasies; “he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
fantasize (third-person singular simple present fantasizes, present participle fantasizing, simple past and past participle fantasized)
(intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
(transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy.
Source: Wiktionary
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