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.
EDUCATE
train, develop, prepare, educate
(verb) create by training and teaching; “The old master is training world-class violinists”; “we develop the leaders for the future”
educate
(verb) give an education to; “We must educate our youngsters better”
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; “Cultivate your musical taste”; “Train your tastebuds”; “She is well schooled in poetry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)
to instruct or train
Synonyms
• instruct
• teach
Antonyms
• ignorize
Source: Wiktionary
Ed"u*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated; p. pr. & vb. n. Educating.] Etym: [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to Educe.]
Definition: To bring as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Syn.
– To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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