Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
LIQUEFY
liquefy, flux, liquify
(verb) become liquid or fluid when heated; “the frozen fat liquefied”
liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
(verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; “liquefy the silver”
liquefy
(verb) become liquid; “The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
liquefy (third-person singular simple present liquefies, present participle liquefying, simple past and past participle liquefied)
(transitive) To make into a liquid.
(intransitive) To become liquid.
Synonyms
• (to make liquid): liquidize, melt, liquidate (obsolete)
Antonyms
• (to make liquid): condense, freeze, solidify
Coordinate terms
• (to make liquid): vaporize
Source: Wiktionary
Liq"ue*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Liquefying.] Etym: [F. liquéfier, L. liquere to be liquid + facere, - ficare (in comp.), to make. See Liquid, and -fy.]
Definition: To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
Liq"ue*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become liquid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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