chaptalize

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verb

To add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.

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Meanings

verbchaptalize (third-person singular simple present chaptalizes, present participle chaptalizing, simple past and past participle chaptalized)

present singular third person chaptalizes · participle present chaptalizing · participle past chaptalized · past chaptalized

  1. To add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.

Origin

From French Chaptal + -ize, after Jean-Antoine Chaptal, who developed the process.

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APA

chaptalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaptalize

MLA

“chaptalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaptalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chaptalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaptalize.

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