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.
CAPONIZE
caponize, caponise
(verb) convert a cock into a capon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
caponize (third-person singular simple present caponizes, present participle caponizing, simple past and past participle caponized)
(transitive) To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca"pon*ize, v. t.
Definition: To castrate, as a fowl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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