In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TRANSFIXT
TRANSFIX
transfix, impale, empale, spike
(verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point; “impale a shrimp on a skewer”
fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind
(verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; “The snake charmer fascinates the cobra”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
transfixt
Obsolete spelling of transfixed; simple past tense and past participle of transfix
Source: Wiktionary
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ACQUITTED
(adjective) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless; “he stands acquitted on all charges”; “the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity”
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