FILIATING

Verb

filiating

present participle of filiate

Source: Wiktionary


FILIATE

Fil"i*ate, v. t.

Definition: To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between. [R.] Southey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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4 June 2024

CONVULSIVE

(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; “convulsive motions”; “his body made a spasmodic jerk”; “spastic movements”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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