In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNLIVE
unlive, live down
(verb) live so as to annul some previous behavior; “You can never live this down!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
unlive (third-person singular simple present unlives, present participle unliving, simple past and past participle unlived)
(transitive) To bereave or deprive of life; make unalive.
Etymology 2
Verb
unlive (third-person singular simple present unlives, present participle unliving, simple past and past participle unlived)
(transitive) To undo having lived (a period of time) (for example, by living it in reverse), so that it ceases to have happened.
Anagrams
• unveil
Source: Wiktionary
Un*live", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + live.]
Definition: To [R.] Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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