Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
RAVISHMENTS
Noun
ravishments
plural of ravishment
Source: Wiktionary
RAVISHMENT
Rav"ish*ment, n. Etym: [F. ravissement. See Ravish.]
1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, or a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband. Blackstone.
2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. Spencer. In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton.
3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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