In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REFOCUS
refocus
(verb) put again into focus or focus more sharply; “refocus the image until it is very sharp”
refocus
(verb) focus anew; “The group needs to refocus its goals”
refocus
(verb) focus once again; “The physicist refocused the light beam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
refocus (third-person singular simple present refocusses or refocuses, present participle refocussing or refocusing, simple past and past participle refocussed or refocused)
(intransitive) to focus on something else
(transitive) to change the focus of
(intransitive) to change one's priorities
(intransitive) to come back into focus
Usage notes
The spellings refocusses, refocussing, refocussed are more common in Britain than the US.
Anagrams
• focuser
Source: Wiktionary
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