saccharifying

Variant of saccharify

transitive verb saccharified, saccharifying

to convert (starch or dextrin) into sugar, as by chemical means

Origin: sacchar- + -i- + -fy

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
link/cite print suggestion box