Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
EXPECTORATES
Verb
expectorates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expectorate
Source: Wiktionary
EXPECTORATE
Ex*pec"to*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expectorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expectorating.] Etym: [L. expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus, pectiris, breast. See Pectoral.]
Definition: To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
Ex*pec"to*rate, v. i.
Definition: To discharge matter from the lungs or throat bu hawking and spitting; to spit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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