Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PREDESTINE
predestine, foreordain, preordain
(verb) foreordain or determine beforehand
predestine, predestinate, foreordain
(verb) foreordain by divine will or decree
predestine
(verb) decree or determine beforehand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
predestine (third-person singular simple present predestines, present participle predestining, simple past and past participle predestined)
(transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
(theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will.
Anagrams
• diterpenes
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*des"tine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestined; p. pr. & vb. n. Predestining.] Etym: [Cf. F. prédestiner. See Predestinate.]
Definition: To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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