Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PROIN
Verb
proin (third-person singular simple present proins, present participle proining, simple past and past participle proined)
Obsolete form of prune.
Anagrams
• Ripon, orpin, ponir, porin, prion, rip on, ripon
Source: Wiktionary
Proin (proin), v. t. Etym: [See Prune to trim.]
Definition: To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn. [Obs.] Chaucer. The sprigs that did about it grow He proined from the leafy arms. Chapman.
Proin, v. i.
Definition: To employed in pruning. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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