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saccharinize

saccharinize verb: to make saccharine; as, especially, to lyse starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides).

Verb

saccharinize (third-person singular simple present saccharinizes, present participle saccharinizing, simple past and past participle saccharinized)

  1. (transitive) To make saccharine; as, especially, to lyse starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides).

Forms of saccharinize

third-person singular presentsaccharinizes
present participlesaccharinizing
past participlesaccharinized
pastsaccharinized

Origin of saccharinize

From saccharine + -ize.

Words formed from saccharinize

Questions about saccharinize

What does saccharinize mean?
Saccharinize means to make saccharine; as, especially, to lyse starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides).
What part of speech is saccharinize?
Saccharinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of saccharinize?
The past tense of saccharinize is saccharinized.

Words near saccharinize in the dictionary

  1. saccharinic acids
  2. saccharinish
  3. saccharinities
  4. saccharinity
  5. saccharinization
  6. saccharinize
  7. saccharinized
  8. saccharinizes
  9. saccharinizing
  10. saccharins
  11. saccharisation

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