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saponify in British English

verb Word forms: -fies, -fying or -fied chemistry

1. to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a fat is converted into a soap by treatment with alkali

2. to undergo or cause to undergo a reaction in which an ester is hydrolysed to an acid and an alcohol as a result of treatment with an alkali