Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ACTUATING
actuating, activating(a)
(adjective) causing motion or action or change
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
actuating
present participle of actuate
Source: Wiktionary
ACTUATE
Ac"tu*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Actuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Actuating.] Etym: [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.
2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] "To actuate what you command." Jer. Taylor.
Syn.
– To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.
Ac"tu*ate, a. Etym: [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
Definition: Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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