Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
FURBISHED
Verb
furbished
simple past tense and past participle of furbish
Adjective
furbished (comparative more furbished, superlative most furbished)
Polished, burnished.
Reconditioned.
Source: Wiktionary
FURBISH
Fur"bish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furbished; p. pr. & vb. n. Furbishing.] Etym: [OE. forbischen, OF. forbir, furbir, fourbir, F. fourbir, fr. OHG. furban to clean. See -ish.]
Definition: To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. Shak. Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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