You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
QUINDECEMVIR
Quin`de*cem"vir, n.; pl. E. Quindecemvirs, L. Quindecemviri. Etym: [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NECESSITATE
(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; “It takes nerve to do what she did”; “success usually requires hard work”; “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”; “This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”; “This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”; “This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent”
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