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.
IMPINGE
encroach, infringe, impinge
(verb) advance beyond the usual limit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
impinge (third-person singular simple present impinges, present participle impinging, simple past and past participle impinged)
(transitive, now, rare) To make a physical impact on.
Synonyms: collide, crash, strike
(intransitive, figuratively) To interfere with.
Synonyms: encroach, infringe, trespass
(intransitive, figuratively) To have an effect upon, especially a negative one.
Synonyms: affect, limit, touch, influence, impact
Usage notes
• The transitive use is less common, not included in many small dictionaries, and not favored by Garner's Modern American Usage (2009).
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pinge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Impinging.] Etym: [L. impingere; pref. im- in + pangere to fix, strike; prob. akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See Pact, and cf. Impact.]
Definition: To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon. The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton. But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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