Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PERDURE
Verb
perdure (third-person singular simple present perdures, present participle perduring, simple past and past participle perdured)
(intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time.
(intransitive, philosophy) To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism).
Source: Wiktionary
Per*dure", v. i. Etym: [L. perdurare; per trough + durare to last.]
Definition: To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. [Archaic] The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. Hickok.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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