In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RECOLONIZE
Etymology
Verb
recolonize (third-person singular simple present recolonizes, present participle recolonizing, simple past and past participle recolonized)
To colonize again, especially after decolonization.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*col"o*nize (r*kl"*nz), v. t.
Definition: To colonize again.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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