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.
MACULATING
Verb
maculating
present participle of maculate
Source: Wiktionary
MACULATE
Mac"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See Macula, and cf. Macule, v.]
Definition: To spot; to stain; to blur. Maculate the honor of their people. Sir T. Elyot.
Mac"u*late, a. Etym: [L. maculatus, p. p.]
Definition: Marked with spots or maculæ; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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