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saponify

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Verb (usu participle)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb saponify has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

saponifyv. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

saponify, v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. turn (fat or oil) into soap by reaction with an alkali.
2 tr. convert (an ester) to an acid and alcohol.
3 intr. become saponified.

Derivative
saponifiable adj. saponification n.
Etymology
F saponifier (as SAPONACEOUS)
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