In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERWENT
Verb
overwent
simple past tense of overgo
Anagrams
• went over
Source: Wiktionary
OVERGO
O`ver*go", v. t. [imp. Overwent; p. p. Overgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Overgoing.] Etym: [AS. ofergan.]
1. To travel over. [R.] Shak.
2. To exceed; to surpass. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
3. To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.
4. To oppress; to weigh down. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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