In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WITHSAY
With*say", v. t.
Definition: To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce. [Obs.] Gower. If that he his Christendom withsay. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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