SAPONIFY


Meaning of SAPONIFY in English

verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: French saponifier, from Latin sapon-, sapo Date: 1821 transitive verb to convert (as fat) into soap, intransitive verb to undergo ~ing, saponifiable adjective saponification noun saponifier noun

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