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.
COMPOSURES
Noun
composures
plural of composure
Source: Wiktionary
COMPOSURE
Com*po"sure, n. Etym: [From Compose.]
1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. [Obs.] Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching. Evelyn.
2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. [Obs.] Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. Woodward.
3. Frame; make; temperament. [Obs.] His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish. Shak.
4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. "We seek peace and composure." Milton. When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. I. Watts.
5. A combination; a union; a bond. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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