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.
SHRIEVE
Etymology 1
See sheriff.
Noun
shrieve (plural shrieves)
Obsolete form of sheriff.
Usage notes
• Also appears capitalised, particularly when used as a title.
Etymology 2
See shrive.
Verb
shrieve (third-person singular simple present shrieves, present participle shrieving, simple past shrieved, past participle shriven or shrieved)
Obsolete form of shrive.
(obsolete) To question.
Which of the nymphes his heart so sore did mieve
Source: Wiktionary
Shrieve, n. Etym: [Contr. from OE. shereve. See Sheriff.]
Definition: A sheriff. [Obs.] Shak.
Shrieve, v. t.
Definition: To shrive; to question. [Obs.] "She gan him soft to shrieve." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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