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.
AFFY
Etymology 1
Verb
affy (third-person singular simple present affies, present participle affying, simple past and past participle affied)
(obsolete, intransitive) To trust (in someone or something); to rely (on). [14th-17th c.]
(obsolete, transitive) To promise to marry (someone); to be engaged to. [16th-17th c.]
Etymology 2
Noun
affy (plural affies)
(slang) An affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*fy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affied; p. pr. Affying.] Etym: [OF. afier, LL. affidare. Cf. Affiance.]
1. To confide (one's self to, or in); to trust. [Obs.]
2. To betroth or espouse; to affiance. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To bind in faith. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.
Af*fy", v. i.
Definition: To trust or confide. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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