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.
BETIDE
befall, bechance, betide
(verb) become of; happen to; “He promised that no harm would befall her”; “What has become of my children?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
betide (third-person singular simple present betides, present participle betiding, simple past and past participle betided or betid)
(transitive) To happen unto; to befall.
(intransitive) To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall.
Synonyms
• (to happen) come to pass, occur, transpire; See also happen
• (to happen to)
Anagrams
• debite
Source: Wiktionary
Be*tide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betided, Obs. Betid; p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.] Etym: [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. tidan, to happen, fr. tid time. See Tide.]
Definition: To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. What will betide the few Milton.
Be*tide", v. i.
Definition: To come to pass; to happen; to occur. A salve for any sore that may betide. Shak.
Note: Shakespeare has used it with of. "What would betide of me "
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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