Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
REPRESSING
inhibitory, repressive, repressing
(adjective) restrictive of action; āa repressive regimeā; āan overly strict and inhibitory disciplineā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
repressing
present participle of repress
Noun
repressing (plural repressings)
A second or subsequent pressing.
Anagrams
• Persingers, respersing
Source: Wiktionary
REPRESS
Re*press" (r-prs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + press.]
Definition: To press again.
Re*press" (r-prs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum. Cf. Reprimand.]
1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress. Milton.
Syn.
– To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check.
Re*press", n.
Definition: The act of repressing. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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