Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ABJURED
Verb
abjured
simple past tense and past participle of abjure
Adjective
abjured (comparative more abjured, superlative most abjured)
Having been renounced, forsworn or rejected.
Source: Wiktionary
ABJURE
Ab*jure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Abjuring.] Etym: [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See Jury.]
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.
2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. "Magic I here abjure." Shak.
Syn.
– See Renounce.
Ab*jure", v. i.
Definition: To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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