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.
STRENGTHENS
Verb
strengthens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strengthen
Source: Wiktionary
STRENGTHEN
Strength"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strengthened; p. pr. & vb. n. Strengthening.]
1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. Shak.
2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. Deut. iii. 28.
Syn.
– To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage.
Strength"en, v. i.
Definition: To grow strong or stronger. The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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