You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
PROCLIVE
Etymology
Adjective
proclive (comparative more proclive, superlative most proclive)
Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*clive" a. Etym: [L. proclivis sloping, inclined; pro forward + clivus hill: cf. F. proclive. See Declivity, and cf. Proclivous.]
Definition: Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous. [R.] Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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