saccharify

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

saccharify
    v 1: sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea" [syn: {sugar},
         {saccharify}]
    2: convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by
       hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Saccharify \Sac*char"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saccharified};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Saccharifying}.] [L. saccharon sugar + -fy:
   cf. F. saccharifier.]
   To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
   [1913 Webster]

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