Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OUTLEARN
Etymology
Verb
outlearn (third-person singular simple present outlearns, present participle outlearning, simple past and past participle outlearnt or outlearned)
(transitive) To surpass in learning.
(transitive, obsolete) To learn completely and thoroughly; to exhaust knowledge of.
Source: Wiktionary
Out*learn", v. t.
1. To excel or surpass in learing.
2. To learn out [i. e., completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of. Naught, according to his mind, He could outlearn. Spenser. Men and gods have not outlearned it [love]. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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