In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PRECREASE
Etymology
Verb
precrease (third-person singular simple present precreases, present participle precreasing, simple past and past participle precreased)
(transitive) To crease in advance.
Source: Wiktionary
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INCURRING
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