In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RECRIMINATED
Verb
recriminated
simple past tense and past participle of recriminate
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RECRIMINATE
Re*crim"i*nate (r*krm"*nt), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + criminate: cf. F. récriminer ,LL. recriminare.]
Definition: To return one charge or accusation with another; to chargeback fault or crime upon an accuser. It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently toBp. Stillingfleet.
Re*crim"i*nate, v. t.
Definition: To accuse in return. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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