Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TEREBRATE
Etymology
Adjective
terebrate (not comparable)
Provided with a borer.
Verb
terebrate (third-person singular simple present terebrates, present participle terebrating, simple past and past participle terebrated)
To bore or perforate.
Usage notes
• The present participle terebrating is applied mainly to mollusks that make holes in rocks, wood, etc. and to certain kinds of pain, especially those of locomotor ataxia.
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"e*brate, v. t. Etym: [L. terebratus, p.p. of terebrare, from terebra a borer, terere to rub.]
Definition: To perforate; to bore; to pierce. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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