In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LATINIZES
Verb
latinizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of latinize
Anagrams
• Stalinize, zinalsite
Verb
Latinizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Latinize
Anagrams
• Stalinize, zinalsite
Source: Wiktionary
LATINIZE
Lat"in*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latinized; p. pr. & vb. n. Latinizing.] Etym: [L. latinizare: cf. F.latiniser.]
1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.
2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. "Latinized races." Lowell.
3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
Lat"in*ize, v. i.
Definition: To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. Dryden.
2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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