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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
saponify .
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_ -- The oil saponifies readily on being heated with potash in presence of alcohol, and the amount required to convert it entirely into potash soap was 211 grammes of caustic potash per thousand grammes of oil.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Various
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