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.
PERSEVERING
diligent, persevering
(adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; “a diligent (or patient) worker”; “with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
persevering (plural perseverings)
perseverance
Verb
persevering
present participle of persevere
Adjective
persevering (comparative more persevering, superlative most persevering)
Tending to persevere.
Anagrams
• preserveing
Source: Wiktionary
Per`se*ver"ing, a.
Definition: Characterized by perseverance; persistent.
– Per`se*ver"ing*ly, adv.
PERSEVERE
Per`se*vere", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Persevered; p. pr. & vb. n. Persevering.] Etym: [F. persévérer, L. perseverare, fr. perseverus very strict; per + severus strict, severe. See Per-, and Severe.]
Definition: To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken. Thrice happy, if they know Their happiness, and persevere upright. Milton.
Syn.
– To Persevere, Continue, Persist. The idea of not laying aside is common to these words. Continue is the generic term, denoting simply to do as one has done hitherto. To persevere is to continue in a given course in spite of discouragements, etc., from a desire to obtain our end. To persist is to continue from a determination of will not to give up. Persist is frequently used in a bad sense, implying obstinacy in pursuing an unworthy aim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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