Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BESIEGED
besieged
(adjective) surrounded by hostile forces; “the besieged town”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
besieged
simple past tense and past participle of besiege
Anagrams
• debeiges
Source: Wiktionary
BESIEGE
Be*siege", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besieged; p. pr. & vb. n. Besieging.] Etym: [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to siege. See Siege.]
Definition: To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. Shak.
Syn.
– To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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