saccharify

[ suh-kar-uh-fahy, sak-er-uh-fahy ]

/ səˈkær əˌfaɪ, ˈsæk ər əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object), sac·char·i·fied, sac·char·i·fy·ing.

to convert (starch) into sugar.

Words nearby saccharify

saccharate, saccharic, saccharic acid, saccharide, sacchariferous, saccharify, saccharimeter, saccharimetry, saccharin, saccharine, saccharize

Origin of saccharify

First recorded in 1830–40; sacchar- + -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM saccharify

sac·char·i·fi·ca·tion

[suh-kar-uh-fi-key-shuh n] /səˌkær ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, nounsac·char·i·fi·er, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for saccharify

The whole is then stirred energetically and left to saccharify for three or four hours.
A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products|F. B. Wright
The mass is now left to saccharify; the stirrer being operated at intervals throughout this period.
A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products|F. B. Wright

British Dictionary definitions for saccharify

saccharify

saccharize or saccharise (ˈsækəˌraɪz)

/ (sæˈkærɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to convert (starch) into sugar

Derived forms of saccharify

saccharification or saccharization or saccharisation, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012