In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REMOISTEN
Etymology
Verb
remoisten (third-person singular simple present remoistens, present participle remoistening, simple past and past participle remoistened)
To moisten again.
Anagrams
• moistener, neoterism, one-timers, timoneers
Source: Wiktionary
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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