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.
ASSORTED
assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry
(adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; “an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”; “assorted sizes”; “miscellaneous accessories”; “a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music”; “a motley crew”; “sundry sciences commonly known as social”- I.A.Richards
assorted, various
(adjective) of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; “assorted sizes”; “his disguises are many and various”; “various experiments have failed to disprove the theory”; “cited various reasons for his behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
assorted
simple past tense and past participle of assort
Adjective
assorted (comparative more assorted, superlative most assorted)
Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
As*sort"ed, a.
Definition: Selected; culled.
ASSORT
As*sort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assorting.] Etym: [F. assortir; (L. ad) + sortir to cast or draw lots, to obtain by lot, L. sortiri, fr. sors, sortis, lot. See Sort.]
1. To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.
Note: [Rarely applied to persons.] They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate. Burke.
2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
As*sort", v. i.
Definition: To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. Mitford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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