In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MICTURATE
make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
(verb) eliminate urine; “Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
micturate (third-person singular simple present micturates, present participle micturating, simple past and past participle micturated)
(intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate.
Synonym: Thesaurus:urinate
Source: Wiktionary
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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