Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ELUCUBRATE
Etymology
Verb
elucubrate (third-person singular simple present elucubrates, present participle elucubrating, simple past and past participle elucubrated)
To solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study.
Synonyms
• burn the midnight oil
• pull an all-nighter
Source: Wiktionary
E*lu"cu*brate, v. i. Etym: [L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight.]
Definition: See Lucubrate. [Obs.] Blount.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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