sanctify
- v render holy by means of religious rites
- v make pure or free from sin or guilt
sanitise
- v make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
- v make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
sanitize
- v make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
- v make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
sanitize a document before releasing it to the press
sanitize history
sanitize the language in a book
saponify
- v become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali
- v convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali
saponify oils and fats
satirize
- v ridicule with satire
The writer satirized the politician's proposal
satisfice
- v decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal
optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice
satisfise
- v decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal
satisfy
- v meet the requirements or expectations of
- v make happy or satisfied
- v fill or meet a want or need
saturate
- v cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
- v infuse or fill completely