In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERBEARS
Verb
overbears
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbear
Source: Wiktionary
OVERBEAR
O`ver*bear", v. t.
1. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress. The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. Bacon. Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. Dryden. They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them. Jowett (Thucyd. )
2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.
O`ver*bear", v. i.
Definition: To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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