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mercerized
 
Adjective mercerized has 1 sense
  1. mercerized, mercerised - of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye; "mercerized cotton"
Verb mercerize has 1 sense
  1. mercerize, mercerise - treat to strengthen and improve the luster; "mercerize cotton"
    --1 is one way to process, treat
    Derived form: noun Mercer2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
mercenary mercenary antonyms mercenised cotton mercer mercer s mercerise mercerised mercerize mercerized merchandise merchandise merchandiser merchandisers merchandising merchant-powered merchant-venturer merchant

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