English-Thai Dictionary
saponify
VI กลายเป็น สบู่ kai-pen-sa-bu
saponify
VT ทำให้ เป็น สบู่ tam-hai-pen-sa-bu
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SAPONIFY
v.t.[L. sapo, soap, and facio, to make. ] To convert into soap by combination with an alkali.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SAPONIFY
Sa *pon "i *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saponified; p. pr. & vb. n.Saponifying.] Etym: [L. sapo, -onis, soap + -fy: cf. F. saponifier. ]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
saponify
sa pon i fy |səˈpänəˌfī səˈpɑnəfaɪ | ▶verb ( saponifies, saponifying, saponified ) [ with obj. ] Chemistry turn (fat or oil ) into soap by reaction with an alkali: (as adj. saponified ) : saponified vegetable oils. • convert (any ester ) into an alcohol and a metal salt by alkaline hydrolysis. DERIVATIVES sa pon i fi a ble adjective, sa pon i fi ca tion |səˌpänəfiˈkāSHən |noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French saponifier, from Latin sapo, sapon- ‘soap. ’
Oxford Dictionary
saponify
saponify |səˈpɒnɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( saponifies, saponifying, saponified ) [ with obj. ] Chemistry turn (fat or oil ) into soap by reaction with an alkali. • convert (any ester ) into an alcohol and a metal salt by alkaline hydrolysis. DERIVATIVES saponifiable adjective, saponification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French saponifier, from Latin sapo, sapon- ‘soap ’.
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