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.
MEDICATE
medicate, medicine
(verb) treat medicinally, treat with medicine
medicate
(verb) impregnate with a medicinal substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
medicate (third-person singular simple present medicates, present participle medicating, simple past and past participle medicated)
(transitive) To prescribe or administer medication to.
Anagrams
• decimate, edematic
Source: Wiktionary
Med"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Medicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Medicating.] Etym: [L. medicatus, p. p. of medicare, medicari. See Medicable.]
1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. "Medicated waters." Arbuthnot.
2. To treat with medicine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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