In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IMPACTS
Noun
impacts
plural of impact
Verb
impacts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impact
Source: Wiktionary
IMPACT
Im*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.] Etym: [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.]
Definition: To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward.
Im"pact, n.
1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. Southey.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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