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serpentinise

serpentinise is the alternative form of serpentinize.

Meaning of serpentinize

Verb

serpentinize (third-person singular simple present serpentinizes, present participle serpentinizing, simple past and past participle serpentinized)

  1. To convert (another magnesium silicate mineral) into serpentine

Forms of serpentinise

third-person singular presentserpentinises
present participleserpentinising
past participleserpentinised
pastserpentinised

Origin of serpentinise

From serpentine + -ise.

Questions about serpentinise

What is serpentinise the alternative form of?
Serpentinise is the alternative form of serpentinize.

Words near serpentinise in the dictionary

  1. serpentinine
  2. serpentining
  3. serpentiningly
  4. serpentinings
  5. serpentinisation
  6. serpentinise
  7. serpentinised
  8. serpentinises
  9. serpentinising
  10. serpentinite
  11. serpentinites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: serpentinise (page history and authors); serpentinize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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