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.
APPURTENANT
accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary
(adjective) furnishing added support; “an ancillary pump”; “an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”; “The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
appurtenant (comparative more appurtenant, superlative most appurtenant)
Of or pertaining to an appurtenance.
Ancillary or subsidiary.
Noun
appurtenant (plural appurtenants)
An appendage or attachment.
(legal) A type of easement benefiting real property that "runs with the land" as opposed to an interest belonging solely to the beneficiary.
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*pur"te*nant, a. Etym: [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance.]
Definition: Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.
Ap*pur"te*nant, n,
Definition: Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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