Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ENDEAVOR
attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
(noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; “made an effort to cover all the reading material”; “wished him luck in his endeavor”; “she gave it a good try”
enterprise, endeavor, endeavour
(noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); “he had doubts about the whole enterprise”
endeavor, endeavour, strive
(verb) attempt by employing effort; “we endeavor to make our customers happy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
endeavor (plural endeavors) (American spelling)
A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
Verb
endeavor (third-person singular simple present endeavors, present participle endeavoring, simple past and past participle endeavored) (American spelling)
(obsolete) To exert oneself. [15th-17th c.]
(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something). [16th-17th c.]
To work with purpose.
Synonyms
• strive
Anagrams
• do a never
Source: Wiktionary
En*deav"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Endeavoring.] Etym: [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.] [Written also endeavour.]
Definition: To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. Ld. Chatham. To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Latimer.
En*deav"or, v. i.
Definition: To exert one's self; to work for a certain end. And such were praised who but endeavored well. Pope.
Note: Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist. He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty. Prescott.
Syn.
– To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.
En*deav"or, n. Etym: [Written also endeavour.]
Definition: An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial. To employ all my endeavor to obey you. Sir P. Sidney. To do one's endeavor, to do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller.
Syn.
– Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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