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chaptalize

chaptalize verb: to add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.

Verb

chaptalize (third-person singular simple present chaptalizes, present participle chaptalizing, simple past and past participle chaptalized)

  1. To add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.

Forms of chaptalize

third-person singular presentchaptalizes
present participlechaptalizing
past participlechaptalized
pastchaptalized

Origin of chaptalize

From Chaptal + -ize, after Jean-Antoine Chaptal, who developed the process.

Words formed from chaptalize

Questions about chaptalize

What does chaptalize mean?
Chaptalize means to add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.
What part of speech is chaptalize?
Chaptalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of chaptalize?
The past tense of chaptalize is chaptalized.

Words near chaptalize in the dictionary

  1. chaptalise
  2. chaptalised
  3. chaptalises
  4. chaptalising
  5. chaptalization
  6. chaptalize
  7. chaptalized
  8. chaptalizes
  9. chaptalizing
  10. chapter
  11. Chapter 11

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