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Verb: chaptalise
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: chaptalize)
  1. Add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content
    "Some winemakers chaptalise their wines to compensate for unripe grapes";
    - chaptalize

Derived forms: chaptalising, chaptalises, chaptalised