In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TRANSACTED
Verb
transacted
simple past tense and past participle of transact
Source: Wiktionary
TRANSACT
Trans*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transacting.] Etym: [L. transactus, p. p. of transigere. See Transaction.]
Definition: To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.
Trans*act", v. i.
Definition: To conduct matters; to manage affairs. [R.] South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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