Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DECUSSATES
Verb
decussates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decussate
Source: Wiktionary
DECUSSATE
De*cus"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decussated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decussating.] Etym: [L. decussatus, p. p. of decussare to cross like an X, fr. decussis (orig. equiv. to decem asses) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X.]
Definition: To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.
De*cus"sate, De*cus"sa*ted, a.
1. Crossed; intersected.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.
3. (Rhet.)
Definition: Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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