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.
pursuance, prosecution
(noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
pursuit, pursuance, quest
(noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; “the pursuit of love”; “life is more than the pursuance of fame”; “a quest for wealth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pursuance (countable and uncountable, plural pursuances)
A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
The state of being pursuant; consequence.
Source: Wiktionary
Pur*su"ance, n. Etym: [See Pursuant.]
1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after. Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. Jer. Taylor.
2. The state of being pursuant; consequence. In pursuance of, in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2024
(adjective) roused to anger; “stayed huffy a good while”- Mark Twain; “she gets mad when you wake her up so early”; “mad at his friend”; “sore over a remark”
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.