In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PROTECTED
protected, saved
(adjective) guarded from injury or destruction
protected
(adjective) kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; “the most protected spot I could find”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
protected (comparative more protected, superlative most protected)
defended
(programming, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.
Antonyms
• unprotected
Hyponyms
• semi-protected
• WRP-protected
Verb
protected
simple past tense and past participle of protect
Anagrams
• deprotect
Source: Wiktionary
PROTECT
Pro*tect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protected; p. pr. & vb. n. Protecting.] Etym: [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere, literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover. See Tegument.]
Definition: To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak.
Syn.
– To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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