Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PHOSPHORATE
Etymology
Verb
phosphorate (third-person singular simple present phosphorates, present participle phosphorating, simple past and past participle phosphorated)
(transitive) To combine or treat with phosphorus; to phosphorize.
Anagrams
• haptophores, trophophase
Source: Wiktionary
Phos"phor*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phosphorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Phosphorating.] (Chem.)
Definition: To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus or its compounds; as, phosphorated oil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBSERVE
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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