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, acute, sharp, needlelike
(adjective) ending in a sharp point
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acuate (comparative more acuate, superlative most acuate)
Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
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
20 June 2024
(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”
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.