In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LEGITIMATIZE
legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
(verb) make legal; “Marijuana should be legalized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
legitimatize (third-person singular simple present legitimatizes, present participle legitimatizing, simple past and past participle legitimatized)
(transitive) To make legitimate.
(transitive) To legalize.
Source: Wiktionary
Le*git"i*ma*tize, v. t.
Definition: To legitimate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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