Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SYLLABIFY
syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise
(verb) divide into syllables; “syllabify the words”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
syllabify (third-person singular simple present syllabifies, present participle syllabifying, simple past and past participle syllabified)
To divide a word into syllables; to syllabicate; to syllabize.
Synonyms
• syllabicate, syllabize
Source: Wiktionary
Syl*lab"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syllabified; p. pr. & vb. n. Syllabifying.] Etym: [L. syllaba syllable + -fy.]
Definition: To form or divide into syllables.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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