Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OBSECRATE
Verb
obsecrate (third-person singular simple present obsecrates, present participle obsecrating, simple past and past participle obsecrated)
(transitive) To beseech; to supplicate; to implore.
Anagrams
• bracteose
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"se*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obsecrated; p. pr. & vb, n. Obsecrating.] Etym: [L. obsecratus, p.p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see Ob-) + sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.]
Definition: To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. Cockerman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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