Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
APHETIZE
Verb
aphetize (third-person singular simple present aphetizes, present participle aphetizing, simple past and past participle aphetized)
(transitive, linguistics) To shorten by aphesis.
Anagrams
• hepatize
Source: Wiktionary
Aph"e*tize, v. t.
Definition: To shorten by aphesis. These words . . . have been aphetized. New Eng. Dict.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPERICISM
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