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saponify
<chemistry> To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence, to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.

Origin: L. Sapo, -onis, soap + -fy: cf. F. Saponifier.

Source: Websters Dictionary