In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
READMIT
readmit
(verb) admit again or anew; “After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted”
readmit
(verb) admit anew; “The refugee was readmitted into his home country”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
readmit (third-person singular simple present readmits, present participle readmitting, simple past and past participle readmitted)
To admit, or allow to enter, again.
Anagrams
• maitre d', maître d', midrate, mirated
Source: Wiktionary
Re`ad*mit", v. t.
Definition: To admit again; to give entrance or access to again. Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to readmit the suppliant. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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