saccharify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb sweeten with sugar
    sugar.
    • sugar your tea
  2. verb convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate

WordNet

Sac*char"i*fy transitive verb
Etymology
L. saccharon sugar + -fy: cf. F. saccharifier.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Saccharified ; present participle & verbal noun Saccharifing
Definitions
  1. Toconvert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.

Webster 1913