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Webster 1913 Edition

Saponification

Sa-ponˊi-fi-ca′tion

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

saponification

. See

.]

The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically

(Chem.)

, the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies;

as, the

saponification

of ethyl acetate

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Saponification

SAPONIFICA'TION

,

Noun.

Conversion into soap.