In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PARSES
Verb
parses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parse
Anagrams
• Aspers, Spears, Speras, aspers, passer, prases, presas, repass, sarpes, spares, sparse, spaser, spears
Source: Wiktionary
PARSE
Parse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Parsing.] Etym: [L. pars a part; pars orationis a part of speech. See Part, n.] (Gram.)
Definition: To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Ascham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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