In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MOBILISE
mobilize, mobilise
(verb) cause to move around
mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon
(verb) make ready for action or use; “marshal resources”
mobilize, mobilise
(verb) get ready for war
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
mobilise (third-person singular simple present mobilises, present participle mobilising, simple past and past participle mobilised) (British spelling)
(transitive) To make something mobile.
(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
(intransitive) To become made ready for war.
Antonyms
• (make something mobile): stabilise, fix
• (assemble troops and equipments to be ready for war): demobilise
Source: Wiktionary
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