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.
INGRATIATING
ingratiating, insinuating, ingratiatory
(adjective) calculated to please or gain favor; “a smooth ingratiating manner”
ingratiating
(adjective) capable of winning favor; “with open arms and an ingratiating smile”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
ingratiating (comparative more ingratiating, superlative most ingratiating)
Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity.
Verb
ingratiating
present participle of ingratiate
Source: Wiktionary
INGRATIATE
In*gra"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingratiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingratiating.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + L. gratia. See Grace.]
1. To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought. Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with Philip and his pupil. Budgell.
2. To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by to. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott. What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not ingratiate to us Hammond.
In*gra"ti*ate, v. i.
Definition: To gain favor. [R.] Sir W. Temple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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