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.
RETAKE
retake
(noun) a shot or scene that is photographed again
retake
(verb) photograph again; “Please retake that scene”
recapture, retake
(verb) capture again; “recapture the escaped prisoner”
recapture, retake
(verb) take back by force, as after a battle; “The military forces managed to recapture the fort”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
retake (third-person singular simple present retakes, present participle retaking, simple past retook, past participle retaken)
to take something again
to take something back
to capture or occupy somewhere again
to photograph or film again
Noun
retake (plural retakes)
a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again
an instance of resitting an examination
Source: Wiktionary
Re*take", v. t.
1. To take or receive again.
2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTITUTION
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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