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to saccharify

to saccharify

9.9
To change plant starch and other plant parts into sugar using enzymes or chemicals
  • verb
  • /sæˈkærɪˌfaɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sacarificar
  • Enzymes are used to saccharify starch during the brewing process.

Examples

  • The enzymes saccharify starch into sugars.

  • Cellulose in the plant material can be saccharified to produce bioethanol.

  • Scientists found an efficient way to saccharify complex carbohydrates in agricultural waste.

  • He saccharified the mixture using heat.

  • Enzymes are used to saccharify starch during the brewing process.

  • Cellulose in the plant material can be saccharified to produce bioethanol.

  • Scientists found an efficient way to saccharify complex carbohydrates in agricultural waste.

Synonyms

to sweeten
vsto saccharify
25 3.0

Make food taste sweeter by adding sugar or make an offer more attractive

is a chemical or enzymatic process creating sweet compounds inside the substance
to sugar
vsto saccharify
3 1.0

To add a sweet white substance from plants to food or drink to make it sweet

is a chemical or enzymatic process creating sweet compounds inside the substance
to dulcorate
vsto saccharify
  • Archaic
9.9

To make food or drink taste sweeter

is a chemical or enzymatic process creating sweet compounds inside the substance
to edulcorate
vsto saccharify
  • Formal
9.9

To make something taste sweeter

is a chemical or enzymatic process creating sweet compounds inside the substance
to dulcify
vsto saccharify
9.9

To make food or drink taste sweeter

is a chemical or enzymatic process creating sweet compounds inside the substance

How Sweet

to saccharify
  • Specialized
9.9
to edulcorate
  • Formal
9.9
to sweeten
25 3.0
to sugar
3 1.0

Surface Forms

saccharify infinitive
saccharified past
saccharified past participle
saccharifying present participle
saccharifies third person singular

Morphology

saccharify = sacchar + ify

Formed from the combining form 'sacchar-' plus the productive suffix '-ify', but 'sacchar-' is not a standalone English word and is unfamiliar to average learners, so they cannot reliably derive the meaning.

Etymology

Saccharify comes from the root sacchar-, which means 'sugar' and is the same idea behind the everyday word sugar. So to saccharify something is to 'make sugar' of it or make it sweet, which is why scientists use the word for processes that turn materials into sugar.