In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INTRUSTED
Verb
intrusted
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of intrust. Confer entrusted.
Anagrams
• denturist, intrudest
Source: Wiktionary
INTRUST
In*trust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n. Intrusting.]
Definition: To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant.
Syn.
– To commit; consign; confide. See Commit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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