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.
DERAIGN
Etymology
Verb
deraign (third-person singular simple present deraigns, present participle deraigning, simple past and past participle deraigned)
(legal, obsolete, transitive) To prove or to refute by proof, especially on threat of combat.
(obsolete) To engage in (battle, combat etc.).
Usage notes
Not to be confused with darrein.
Anagrams
• Dearing, Reading, dearing, gradine, grained, inraged, reading
Source: Wiktionary
De*raign", De*rain", v. t. Etym: [See Darraign.] (Old Law)
Definition: To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self). [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
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