Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
INFORMED
informed
(adjective) having much knowledge or education; “an informed public”; “informed opinion”; “the informed customer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
informed
simple past tense and past participle of inform
Adjective
informed (comparative more informed, superlative most informed)
Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation.
Etymology 2
Adjective
informed (comparative more informed, superlative most informed)
(obsolete) Created, given form.
(obsolete) unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless
(astronomy, obsolete) Not included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations.
Anagrams
• foremind, friendom
Source: Wiktionary
In*formed" (n-frmd''), a.
Definition: Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [Obs.] Spenser. Informed stars. See under Unformed.
INFORM
In*form", a. Etym: [L. informis; pref. in- not + forma form, shape: cf. F. informe]
Definition: Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton.
In*form", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Informed; p. pr. & vb. n. Informing.] Etym: [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F. informer. L. informare; pref. in- in + formare to form, share, fr. forma form. See Form.]
1. To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion. "The informing Word." Coleridge. Let others better mold the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass. Dryden. Breath informs this fleeting frame. Prior. Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part. Pope.
2. To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of. For he would learn their business secretly, And then inform his master hastily. Spenser. I am informed thoroughky of the cause. Shak.
3. To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody. Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul. Acts xxiv. 1.
Syn.
– To acquaint; apprise; tell; teach; instruct; enlighten; animate; fashion.
In*form", v. t.
1. To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. [Obs.] It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. Shak.
2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. Shak. He might either teach in the same manner,or inform how he had been taught. Monthly Rev. To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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