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.
ANCE
Adverb
ance
(chiefly, Scotland) Alternative spelling of once
Anagrams
• Caen, CanE, Cane, Cena, Nace, acne, cane
Source: Wiktionary
*ance. Etym: [F. -ance, fr. L. -antia and also fr. -entia.]
Definition: A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
Note: All recently adopted words of this class take either -ance or - ence, according to the Latin spelling.
-ance. [F. -ance, fr. L. -antia and also fr. -entia.]
Definition: A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
All recently adopted words of this class take either -ance or -ence, according to the Latin spelling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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