In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PROSELYTIZES
Verb
proselytizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proselytize
Source: Wiktionary
PROSELYTIZE
Pros"e*ly*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. proselytized; p. pr. & vb. n. Proselytizing.]
Definition: To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte. One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize. Burke.
Pros"e*ly*tize, v. i.
Definition: To make converts or proselytes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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