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.
FEINTED
Verb
feinted
simple past tense and past participle of feint
Source: Wiktionary
FEINT
Feint, a. Etym: [F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign. See Feign.]
Definition: Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.] Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. Locke.
Feint, n. Etym: [F. feinte, fr. feint. See Feint, a.]
1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off. Spectator.
2. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.
Feint, v. i.
Definition: To make a feint, or mock attack.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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