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.
ACUMINATED
Verb
acuminated
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
Source: Wiktionary
ACUMINATE
A*cu"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See Acumen.]
Definition: Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
A*cu"mi*nate, v. t.
Definition: To render sharp or keen. [R.] "To acuminate even despair." Cowper.
A*cu"mi*nate, v. i.
Definition: To end in, or come to, a sharp point. "Acuminating in a cone of prelacy." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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