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.
EXSERT
exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth
(verb) thrust or extend out; “He held out his hand”; “point a finger”; “extend a hand”; “the bee exserted its sting”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
exsert (third-person singular simple present exserts, present participle exserting, simple past and past participle exserted)
(transitive) To thrust out; to cause to protrude.
Adjective
exsert (comparative more exsert, superlative most exsert)
Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.
Anagrams
• T-Rexes, T-rexes, T. Rexes, T. rexes, exerts, sexter
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*sert", Ex*sert"ed, a. Etym: [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]
Definition: Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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