In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IDEATED
Verb
ideated
simple past tense and past participle of ideate
Source: Wiktionary
IDEATE
I*de"at, I*de"ate, n. Etym: [LL. ideatum. See Idea.] (Metaph.)
Definition: The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
I*de"ate, v. t.
1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.] The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God. Sir T. Browne.
2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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