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saccharize

American

[sak-uh-rahyz] / ˈsæk əˌraɪz /

especially British, saccharise

verb (used with object)

saccharized, saccharizing

to convert into sugar; saccharify.
to convert (the starches in grain) to fermentable sugars during mashing.

Other Word Forms

saccharization

noun

Etymology

Origin of saccharize

First recorded in 1755–65; sacchar- + -ize

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