Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DISSERTATE
Etymology 1
Verb
dissertate (third-person singular simple present dissertates, present participle dissertating, simple past and past participle dissertated)
To make a dissertation; to discourse.
Etymology 2
Verb
dissertate (third-person singular simple present dissertates, present participle dissertating, simple past and past participle dissertated)
To write one's dissertation.
Anagrams
• Statesider, statesider
Source: Wiktionary
Dis"ser*tate, v. i. Etym: [L. dissertatus, p. p. of dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See Dissert.]
Definition: To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. [R.] J. Foster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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