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.
DISCERP
discerp, sever, lop
(verb) cut off from a whole; “His head was severed from his body”; “The soul discerped from the body”
dismember, take apart, discerp
(verb) divide into pieces; “our department was dismembered when our funding dried up”; “The Empire was discerped after the war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
discerp (third-person singular simple present discerps, present participle discerping, simple past and past participle discerped)
To tear into pieces; to rend.
To separate; to disunite.
Anagrams
• crisped, percids
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cerp", v. t. Etym: [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.]
1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.
2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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