In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FOREGATHER
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(verb) collect in one place; “We assembled in the church basement”; “Let’s gather in the dining room”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
foregather (third-person singular simple present foregathers, present participle foregathering, simple past and past participle foregathered)
Alternative form of forgather
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*gath"er, v. i.
Definition: Same as Forgather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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