Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PREDICATIVELY
predicatively
(adverb) occurring within the predicate phrase; “predicatively used adjectives”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
predicatively (not comparable)
As a predicate; giving information about the subject of a sentence.
Source: Wiktionary
PREDICATIVE
Pred"i*ca*tive, a. Etym: [L. praedicativus.]
Definition: Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.
– Pred"i*ca*tive*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DITHER
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