Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DISCERP
discerp, sever, lop
(verb) cut off from a whole; “His head was severed from his body”; “The soul discerped from the body”
dismember, take apart, discerp
(verb) divide into pieces; “our department was dismembered when our funding dried up”; “The Empire was discerped after the war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
discerp (third-person singular simple present discerps, present participle discerping, simple past and past participle discerped)
To tear into pieces; to rend.
To separate; to disunite.
Anagrams
• crisped, percids
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cerp", v. t. Etym: [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.]
1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.
2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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