Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DETORT
Etymology
Verb
detort (third-person singular simple present detorts, present participle detorting, simple past and past participle detorted)
to turn from the original or plain meaning
to pervert
to wrest
Anagrams
• dotter, rotted
Source: Wiktionary
De*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Detorting.] Etym: [L. detortus, p. p. of detorquere to turn away; de + torquere to turn about, twist: cf. F. détorquer, détordre.]
Definition: To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest. Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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