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saponify

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
saponify /səˈpɒnɪfʌɪ/

▶verb (saponifies, saponifying, saponified) Chemistry turn (fat or oil) into soap by reaction with an alkali.

■ convert (any ester) into an alcohol and a salt by alkaline hydrolysis.

– derivatives
saponifiable adjective,
saponification noun.

– origin C19: from Fr. saponifier, from L. sapo, sapon- ‘soap’.

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