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.
INTERDIGITATE
Etymology
Verb
interdigitate (third-person singular simple present interdigitates, present participle interdigitating, simple past and past participle interdigitated)
(transitive) To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other.
(intransitive) To become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand.
(transitive, figuratively) To intermingle; to present alternately items from one group and then another.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*dig"i*tate, v. t.
Definition: To interweave. [R.]
In`ter*dig"i*tate, v. i. Etym: [Pref. inter- + L. digitus finger.]
Definition: To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle. Owen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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