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.
DISPEL
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions; “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
dispel (third-person singular simple present dispels, present participle dispelling, simple past and past participle dispelled)
(transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
Usage notes
• Common nouns collocating with "dispel": cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions, objections.
Noun
dispel (plural dispels)
An act or instance of dispelling.
Anagrams
• Spidle, diples, disple, lisped, pleids, spiled
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] Etym: [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.]
Definition: To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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