In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
QUADRUPLICATES
Noun
quadruplicates
plural of quadruplicate
Verb
quadruplicates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate
Source: Wiktionary
QUADRUPLICATE
Quad*ru"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadruplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadruplicating.] Etym: [L. quadruplicatus, p. p. of quadruplicare, fr. quadrupleQuadruplex.]
Definition: To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Quad*ru"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. quadruplicatus, p. p.]
1. Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
2. (Math.)
Definition: Raised to the fourth power. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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