Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OBTEMPERATE
Etymology
Verb
obtemperate (third-person singular simple present obtemperates, present participle obtemperating, simple past and past participle obtemperated)
(obsolete) To obey or to conform to the prescribed rule or law.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*tem"per*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. obtemperare, obtemperatum to obey.]
Definition: To obey. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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