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saponifying
Variant of saponify
transitive verb saponified, saponifying
to subject to saponification; specif., to convert (a fat) into soap by reaction with an alkali
intransitive verb
to undergo conversion to soap
Related Forms:
- saponifiable adjective
- saponifier noun
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