Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ASSURED
assured
(adjective) marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; “she paints with an assured hand”
assured
(adjective) characterized by certainty or security; “a tiny but assured income”; “we can never have completely assured lives”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
assured
simple past tense and past participle of assure
Adjective
assured (comparative more assured, superlative most assured)
Guaranteed
Confident.
Synonyms
• (guaranteed): sicker
Anagrams
• Sauders
Source: Wiktionary
As*sured", a.
Definition: Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.
As*sured", n.
Definition: One whose life or property is insured.
ASSURE
As*sure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assured; p. pr. & vb. n. Assuring.] Etym: [OF. aseĂĽrer, F. assurer, LL. assecurare; L. ad + securus secure, sure, certain. See Secure, Sure, and cf. Insure.]
1. To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence. His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. Milton.
2. To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence. I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. Shak.
3. To confirm; to make certain or secure. And it shall be assured to him. Lev. xxvii. 19. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 1 John iii. 19.
4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] Shak.
5. (Law)
Definition: To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.
Syn.
– To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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