In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUBSTRACT
Verb
substract (third-person singular simple present substracts, present participle substracting, simple past and past participle substracted)
(obsolete) To subtract.
Anagrams
• subtracts
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*stract", v. t. Etym: [F. suostraire; L. subtus below (from sub under) + trahere to draw. See Substract.]
Definition: To subtract; to withdraw. [Obs.] Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBSERVE
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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