Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
FORGONE
FORGO
forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
(verb) lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; âyouâve forfeited your right to name your successorâ; âforfeited propertyâ
waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
(verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to; âWe are dispensing with formalitiesâ; ârelinquish the old ideasâ
predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
(verb) be earlier in time; go back further; âStone tools precede bronze toolsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
forgone
past participle of forgo
Source: Wiktionary
FORGO
For*go", v. t. [imp. Forwent; p. p. Forgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgoing.] Etym: [OE. forgan, forgon, forgoon, AS. forgan, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref. for- + gan to go; akin to G. vergehen to pass away, to transgress. See Go, v. i.]
Definition: To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego. For sith [since] I shall forgoon my liberty At your request. Chaucer. And four [days] since Florimell the court forwent. Spenser.
Note: This word in spelling has been confused with, and almost superseded by, forego to go before. Etymologically the form forgo is correct.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; ââI canât tell you when the manager will arrive,â he said rather uninformativelyâ
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