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mercerise

mercerise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mercerize.

Meaning of mercerize

Verb

mercerize (third-person singular simple present mercerizes, present participle mercerizing, simple past and past participle mercerized)

  1. (transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.

Forms of mercerise

third-person singular presentmercerises
present participlemercerising
past participlemercerised
pastmercerised

Questions about mercerise

What is mercerise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Mercerise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mercerize.

Words near mercerise in the dictionary

  1. merceress
  2. merceresses
  3. merceries
  4. mercerisation
  5. mercerisations
  6. mercerise
  7. mercerised
  8. merceriser
  9. mercerises
  10. mercerising
  11. mercerization

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