Found 2 items, similar to saponified.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: saponified saponified adj : converted into soap; “saponified oils” [ant: unsaponified] saponify v 1: become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali; “the oil saponified” 2: convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali; “saponify oils and fats” [also: saponified] saponified See saponify
English → English (gcide) Definition: Saponified Saponify \Sa*pon"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saponified; p. pr. & vb. n. Saponifying.] [L. sapo, -onis, soap + -fy: cf. F. saponifier.] 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. [1913 Webster]