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Saponification
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Saponification'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/saponification.html. 1828.