Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
INCRASSATES
Verb
incrassates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incrassate
Source: Wiktionary
INCRASSATE
In*cras"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incrassated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incrassating.] Etym: [L. incrassatus, p. p. of incrassare; pref. in- in + crassus thick.]
Definition: To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts. Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate. Sir I. Newton. Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne.
In*cras"sate, v. i.
Definition: To become thick or thicker.
In*cras"sate, In*cras"sa*ted, a. Etym: [L. incrassatus, p. p.]
1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennæ of certain insects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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