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.
SENTIMENTALIZE
sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise
(verb) act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
sentimentalize, sentimentalise
(verb) look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; “Don’t sentimentalize the past events”
sentimentalize, sentimentalise
(verb) make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities; “Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind”; “These experiences have sentimentalized her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sentimentalize (third-person singular simple present sentimentalizes, present participle sentimentalizing, simple past and past participle sentimentalized)
(transitive) To give a sentimental feel to.
(intransitive) To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility.
Source: Wiktionary
Sen`ti*men"tal*ize, v. t.
Definition: To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject.
Sen`ti*men"tal*ize, v. i.
Definition: To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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