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.
PREPARATIVES
Noun
preparatives
plural of preparative
Source: Wiktionary
PREPARATIVE
Pre*par"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. préparatif.]
Definition: Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory. Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. South.
Pre*par"a*tive, n.
1. That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. "A preparative unto sermons." Hooker.
2. That which is done in the way of preparation. "Necessary preparatives for our voyage." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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