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.
REPLEVIED
Verb
replevied
simple past tense and past participle of replevy
Source: Wiktionary
REPLEVY
Re*plev"y (-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replevied (-d); p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying.] Etym: [OF. replevir, LL. replevire. See Pledge, Replevin.]
1. (Law)
Definition: To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfuly taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.
2. (Old Eng.LAw)
Definition: To bail. Spenser.
Re*plev"y (r-plv"), n.
Definition: Replevin. Mozley & W.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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