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.
LAVISHES
Verb
lavishes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lavish
Source: Wiktionary
LAVISH
Lav"ish, a. Etym: [Akin to E. lave to lade out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits. Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. Shak.
Syn.
– Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See Profuse.
Lav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lavished; p. pr. & vb. n. Lavishing.]
Definition: To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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