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.
COUNTERDRAW
Etymology
Verb
counterdraw (third-person singular simple present counterdraws, present participle counterdrawing, simple past counterdrew, past participle counterdrawn)
(archaic) To trace (draw by copying).
Source: Wiktionary
Coun`ter*draw" (koun`tr-dr"), v. t. [imp. Counterdrew (-dr"); p. p. Counterdrawn (-drn"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterdrawing.]
Definition: To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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