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MERCERISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mercerise mean?
• MERCERISE (verb)
The verb MERCERISE has 1 sense:
1. treat to strengthen and improve the luster
Familiarity information: MERCERISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they mercerise ... he / she / it mercerises
Past simple: mercerised
Past participle: mercerised
-ing form: mercerising
... he / she / it mercerises Past simple: mercerised
Past participle: mercerised
-ing form: mercerising
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 "mercerise" 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
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