Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
LEGITIMATIZE
legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
(verb) make legal; “Marijuana should be legalized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
legitimatize (third-person singular simple present legitimatizes, present participle legitimatizing, simple past and past participle legitimatized)
(transitive) To make legitimate.
(transitive) To legalize.
Source: Wiktionary
Le*git"i*ma*tize, v. t.
Definition: To legitimate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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