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saponify (verb), saponifies; saponified; saponifying
To turn fat or oil into soap: Jane learned in her science class at school that an alkali saponifies an amount of fat and creates a mild kind of soap!

She also learned that lye could saponify fats in food, and therefore change the texture and flavour.

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