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.
OVERHEAR
catch, take in, overhear
(verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; “We overheard the conversation at the next table”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overhear (third-person singular simple present overhears, present participle overhearing, simple past and past participle overheard)
(ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
Synonyms
• eavesdrop
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*hear", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overheard; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhearing.] Etym: [AS. oferhiéran.]
1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak.
2. To hear again. ShaK.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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