Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TRANSFIXED
fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed
(adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
transfixed (comparative more transfixed, superlative most transfixed)
Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
Synonyms
• rapt
• enthralled
• entranced
• mesmerized
• hypnotized
Verb
transfixed
simple past tense and past participle of transfix
Source: Wiktionary
TRANSFIX
Trans*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfixing.] Etym: [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten. See Fix.]
Definition: To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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