chaptalize

chaptalize
/shap"teuh luyz'/, v.t., chaptalized, chaptalizing.
to subject (wine) to chaptalization.
Also, esp. Brit., chaptalise.
[ < F chaptaliser, named after J. A. Chaptal (d. 1832), French chemist; see -IZE]

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