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.
CONSECTARY
Etymology
Noun
consectary (plural consectaries)
That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible.
Deduction from premises; a corollary.
(rare, chiefly, archaic) A conclusion of any kind.
Adjective
consectary (not comparable)
Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.
Anagrams
• coancestry
Source: Wiktionary
Con"sec*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. consectarius, fr. consectari to follow after eagerly; con- + sectari to follow eagerly, fr. sequi to follow.]
Definition: Following by consequence; consequent; deducible. [R.] "Consectary impieties." Sir T. Browne.
Con"sec*ta*ry, n.
Definition: That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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