In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
substitute, sub, stand in, fill in
(verb) be a substitute; “The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague”; “The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
subbed
simple past tense and past participle of sub
• subdeb
Source: Wiktionary
Sub-. Etym: [L. sub under, below; akin to Gr. upa to, on, under, over. Cf. Hypo-, Super-.]
1. A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf- , sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).
2. (Chem.)
Definition: A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.]
Sub, n.
Definition: A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.