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saponify |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saponify \Sa*pon"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saponified}; p. pr & vb n. {Saponifying}.] [L. sapo, -onis, soap + -fy: cf F. saponifier.] To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as to saponify ethyl acetate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: saponify v : convert into soap; of oil or fat
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