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.
AMELIORATED
Verb
ameliorated
simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate
Adjective
ameliorated (comparative more ameliorated, superlative most ameliorated)
Having had problem(s) improved upon; having been the subject of amelioration.
Source: Wiktionary
AMELIORATE
A*mel"io*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating.] Etym: [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate.]
Definition: To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.
A*mel"io*rate, v. i.
Definition: To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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