Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
MAXIMIZE
maximize, maximise
(verb) make as big or large as possible; “Maximize your profits!”
maximize, maximise
(verb) make the most of; “He maximized his role”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
maximize (third-person singular simple present maximizes, present participle maximizing, simple past and past participle maximized)
to make as large as possible
(computing, graphical user interface) to expand (a window) to fill the main display area
Antonyms
• minimize
Source: Wiktionary
Max"i*mize, v. t. Etym: [L. maximus greatest.]
Definition: To increase to the highest degree. Bentham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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