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What does saponify mean?

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  1. To convert a fat or oil into soap; to be converted into soap.
  2. (chemistry) To hydrolyze an ester using an alkali.
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Next to olive oil, this species is the most easy to saponify.
On the one hand, they saponify fats found on the dishes and thus dissolve them and on the other hand they help in dissolving dirt particles.
They are then placed in fairly strong limes for two or three days to swell the fibres and saponify the grease.
The purpose of an alkali is to saponify the oils and dislodge ordinary soil and other matter.
They saponify insoluble viscosities and dislocate the hard congregations enabling them to be pulled by circulating plasmas.
This oil closely resembles cocoa-nut and palm-nut oils and is stated to saponify readily and yield a soap free from odour.

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