An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ACUATE
acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike
(adjective) ending in a sharp point
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
acuate (comparative more acuate, superlative most acuate)
Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
Verb
acuate (third-person singular simple present acuates, present participle acuating, simple past and past participle acuated)
(obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac"u*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. acus needle.]
Definition: To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] "[To] acuate the blood." Harvey.
Ac"u*ate, a.
Definition: Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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