Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
POSTFIXING
Verb
postfixing
present participle of postfix
Source: Wiktionary
POSTFIX
Post"fix, n.; pl. Postfixes. Etym: [Pref. post- + -fix, as in prefix: cf. F. postfixe.] (Gram.)
Definition: A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix. Parkhurst.
Post*fix", v. t.
Definition: To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix. Parkhurst.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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