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.
ENFEEBLE
enfeeble, debilitate, drain
(verb) make weak; “Life in the camp drained him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
enfeeble (third-person singular simple present enfeebles, present participle enfeebling, simple past and past participle enfeebled)
(transitive) To make feeble.
Synonyms
• weaken
Source: Wiktionary
En*fee"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeebled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeebling.] Etym: [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.]
Definition: To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate. Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. Prescott.
Syn.
– To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
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