Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
converted into soap;
- Example: "saponified oils"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
saponified
adj 1: converted into soap; "saponified oils" [ant:
unsaponified]