In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNQUALIFY
Etymology
Verb
unqualify (third-person singular simple present unqualifies, present participle unqualifying, simple past and past participle unqualified)
(transitive) To disqualify.
(transitive) To remove some qualification or specialization from.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*qual"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + quality.]
Definition: To disqualify; to unfit. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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