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.
FORLESE
Etymology
Verb
forlese (third-person singular simple present forleses, present participle forlesing, simple past forlore, past participle forlorn)
(transitive, obsolete) To abandon, forsake.
Usage notes
Survives in the derived participle adjective forlorn.
Source: Wiktionary
For*lese", v. t. [p. p. Forlore, Forlorn (.] Etym: [OE. forlesen. See Forlorn.]
Definition: To lose utterly. [Obs.] haucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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