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chaptalize
chaptalize [ cháptə līz ] (3rd person present singular chaptalizes, present participle chaptalizing, past and past participle chaptalized) or chaptalise [ cháptə līz ] (3rd person present singular chaptalises, present participle chaptalising, past and past participle chaptalised)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
add sugar to wine: to increase the alcohol content of wine by adding sugar before or during fermentation
[Late 19th century. After J. A. Chaptal (1756-1832), French chemist]

chaptalization [ cháptə lī záysh'n ] noun
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