| ADJECTIVE | ppl | saponified | converted into soap |
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| Meaning | converted into soap. | |
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| Example | "saponified oils" | |
| Opposite | unsaponified | not converted into soap |
| Spanish | jabonificado, saponificado | |
| Participle of | saponify | convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali |
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