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sclerotise

sclerotise verb: to harden.

Verb

sclerotise (third-person singular simple present sclerotises, present participle sclerotising, simple past and past participle sclerotised)

  1. To harden.

Forms of sclerotise

third-person singular presentsclerotises
present participlesclerotising
past participlesclerotised
pastsclerotised
alternative formsclerotize

Origin of sclerotise

From sclerotic (“hard, solid”, adjective) + -ise.

Questions about sclerotise

What does sclerotise mean?
Sclerotise means to harden.
What part of speech is sclerotise?
Sclerotise is a verb.
What is the past tense of sclerotise?
The past tense of sclerotise is sclerotised.

Words near sclerotise in the dictionary

  1. sclerotinizations
  2. sclerotins
  3. sclerotioid
  4. sclerotisation
  5. sclerotisations
  6. sclerotise
  7. sclerotised
  8. sclerotises
  9. sclerotising
  10. sclerotitic
  11. sclerotitis

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