You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
APOPHASES
Noun
apophases
plural of apophasis
Source: Wiktionary
APOPHASIS
A*poph"a*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Cæsar, iii. 2.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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