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.
VALIDATE
validate
(verb) make valid or confirm the validity of; “validate a ticket”
validate
(verb) prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
validate, corroborate
(verb) give evidence for
validate, formalize, formalise
(verb) declare or make legally valid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
validate (third-person singular simple present validates, present participle validating, simple past and past participle validated)
(transitive) To render valid.
(transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
(ergative) To have its validity successfully proven.
Antonyms
• disprove
• invalidate
Source: Wiktionary
Val"i*date, v. t. Etym: [See Valid.]
Definition: To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to. The chamber of deputies . . . refusing to validate at once the election of an official candidate. London Spectator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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