Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CONVIVE
Etymology
Verb
convive (third-person singular simple present convives, present participle conviving, simple past and past participle convived)
(obsolete) To feast with others
Noun
convive (plural convives)
(obsolete) a feast or banquet
(obsolete) a participant in a feast or banquet
Source: Wiktionary
Con*vive", v. i. Etym: [L. convivari; akin to convivium a feast, convivere to live or feast together; con- + vivere to live.]
Definition: To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] "There, in the full, convive we." Shak.
Con"vive, n. Etym: [L. conviva: cf. F. convive.]
Definition: A quest at a banquet. [R.] Beaumont.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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