In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HEBRAIZE
Etymology
Verb
Hebraize (third-person singular simple present Hebraizes, present participle Hebraizing, simple past and past participle Hebraized)
(transitive) To convert (something) into a Hebrew/Hebraic form.
(intransitive) To use Hebrew/Hebraic idioms.
Synonyms
• hebraicise, Hebraicise
• hebraicize, Hebraicize
Source: Wiktionary
He"bra*ize, v. t. Etym: [Gr. hébraïser.]
Definition: To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic. J. R. Smith.
He"bra*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hebraized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hebraizing.]
Definition: To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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