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.
ESTIVATE
estivate, aestivate
(verb) sleep during summer; “certain animals estivate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
estivate (third-person singular simple present estivates, present participle estivating, simple past and past participle estivated)
(intransitive) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.
Anagrams
• aviettes, evitates
Source: Wiktionary
Es"ti*val, a., Es"ti*vate , v. i., Es`ti*va"tion , n.
Definition: Same as Æstival, Æstivate, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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