Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CONTROVERSE
Etymology
Noun
controverse (plural controverses)
(obsolete) Controversy.
Verb
controverse (third-person singular simple present controverses, present participle controversing, simple past and past participle controversed)
(obsolete) to controvert
Anagrams
• seroconvert
Source: Wiktionary
Con"tro*verse, n. Etym: [Cf. F. controverse.]
Definition: Controversy. [Obs.] Spenser.
Con"tro*verse, v. t. Etym: [L. controversari, fr. controversus turned against, disputed.]
Definition: To dispute; to controvert. [Obs.] "Controversed causes." Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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