In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REMISED
Verb
remised
simple past tense and past participle of remise
Anagrams
• dereism, merides, misrede, remeids, semired
Source: Wiktionary
REMISE
Re*mise" (r-mz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised (-mzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] Etym: [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.]
Definition: To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.
Re*mise", n. (Law)
Definition: A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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