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.
FEDERALIZE
federate, federalize, federalise
(verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; “The country was federated after the civil war”
federate, federalize, federalise
(verb) enter into a league for a common purpose; “The republics federated to become the Soviet Union”
federalize, federalise
(verb) put under the control and authority of a federal government
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
federalize (third-person singular simple present federalizes, present participle federalizing, simple past and past participle federalized)
(transitive) To unite into a federation.
(transitive) To bring under federal control.
(transitive) To change (a unitary state) into a federation.
Antonyms
• defederalize
Source: Wiktionary
Fed"er*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Federalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Federalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fédéraliser.]
Definition: To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. Barlow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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