saponify

[Sa*ponĀ·i*fy]

Convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali

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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.

Verb
convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali; "saponify oils and fats"

Verb
become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali; "the oil saponified"


v. t.
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.


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.

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.

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