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mercerizes

mercerizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about mercerizes

What is mercerizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mercerizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mercerize.

Words near mercerizes in the dictionary

  1. mercerizations
  2. mercerize
  3. mercerized
  4. mercerizer
  5. mercerizers
  6. mercerizes
  7. mercerizing
  8. Merceron
  9. mercers
  10. Mercersburg theology
  11. mercership

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