In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RECENTER
Etymology
Verb
recenter (third-person singular simple present recenters, present participle recentering, simple past and past participle recentered)
(transitive) To center again.
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Anagrams
• Terrence, recentre
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cen"ter, v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + center.]
Definition: To center again; to restore to the center. Coleridge.
RECENT
Re"cent, a. Etym: [L. recens, -entis: cf. F. récent.]
1. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news. The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [Egypt] was recent, and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile. Woodward.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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