In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
JOURNALIZE
Etymology
Verb
journalize (third-person singular simple present journalizes, present participle journalizing, simple past and past participle journalized)
(transitive) To record in a journal.
(intransitive) To keep a journal.
Source: Wiktionary
Jour"nal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Journalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Journalizing.]
Definition: To enter or record in a journal or diary. Johnson.
Jour"nal*ize, v. i.
Definition: to conduct or contribute to a public journal; to follow the profession of a journalist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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