In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUTSTAND
Etymology
Verb
outstand (third-person singular simple present outstands, present participle outstanding, simple past and past participle outstood)
(transitive) To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
(transitive) To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay.
(intransitive) To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.
(intransitive) To stand out to sea.
(intransitive) To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.
Synonyms
• (to be prominent): See also stand out
Anagrams
• stand out, stand-out, standout
Source: Wiktionary
Out*stand", v. i.
Definition: To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to remain standing out.
Out*stand", v. t.
1. To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding. [R.] Woodward.
2. To stay beyond. "I have outstood my time." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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