In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERLAPPED
OVERLAP
overlap
(verb) coincide partially or wholly; “Our vacations overlap”
overlap
(verb) extend over and cover a part of; “The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
overlapped
simple past tense and past participle of overlap
Source: Wiktionary
OVERLAP
O`ver*lap", v. t. & i.
Definition: To lap over; to lap.
O"ver*lap`, n.
1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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