Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SUPERVISE
monitor, supervise
(verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; “we are monitoring the air quality”; “the police monitor the suspect’s moves”
oversee, supervise, superintend, manage
(verb) watch and direct; “Who is overseeing this project?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
supervise (third-person singular simple present supervises, present participle supervising, simple past and past participle supervised)
(transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
(transitive, obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*vise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supervised; p. pr. & vb. n. Supervising.] Etym: [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey.]
1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.
2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn.
– See Superintend.
Su`per*vise", n.
Definition: Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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