Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ETHYLATED
Verb
ethylated
simple past tense and past participle of ethylate
Adjective
ethylated (not comparable)
(organic chemistry) That has had one or more ethyl groups attached
Source: Wiktionary
ETHYLATE
Eth"yl*ate. Etym: [From Ethyl.] (Chem.)
Definition: A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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