[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

saponify \sapon"ify\, v. t. imp.  p. p. saponified; p. pr.
    vb. n. saponifying. l. sapo, -onis, soap + -fy: cf. f.
   saponifier.
   to convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence chem., to
   subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts
   undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.
   1913 webster
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