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.
OVERWHELMS
Verb
overwhelms
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwhelm
Noun
overwhelms
plural of overwhelm
Source: Wiktionary
OVERWHELM
O`ver*whelm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly. The sea overwhelmed their enemies. Ps. lxxviii. 53. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. Ps. lv. 5. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. Shak. Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. Milton.
2. To project or impend over threateningly. His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight. Shak.
3. To cause to surround, to cover. Papin.
O"ver*whelm`
Definition: , n. The act of overwhelming. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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