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MERCERIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mercerize mean?
• MERCERIZE (verb)
The verb MERCERIZE has 1 sense:
1. treat to strengthen and improve the luster
Familiarity information: MERCERIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they mercerize ... he / she / it mercerizes
Past simple: mercerized
Past participle: mercerized
-ing form: mercerizing
... he / she / it mercerizes Past simple: mercerized
Past participle: mercerized
-ing form: mercerizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat to strengthen and improve the luster
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
mercerise; mercerize
Context example:
mercerize cotton
Hypernyms (to "mercerize" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
Mercer (British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866))
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