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.
INTONED
chantlike, intoned, singsong
(adjective) uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; “their chantlike intoned prayers”; “a singsong manner of speaking”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
intoned
simple past tense and past participle of intone
Anagrams
• nointed, nondiet
Source: Wiktionary
INTONE
In*tone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Intoning.] Etym: [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L. tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.]
Definition: To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.
In*tone", v. i.
Definition: To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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