Meaning of "mercerize" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MERCERIZE

Named after John Mercer (1791–1866), English maker of textiles.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MERCERIZE

mercerize  [ˈmɜːsəˌraɪz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCERIZE

Mercerize is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mercerize in English.

WHAT DOES MERCERIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mercerised cotton

Mercerization is a treatment for cotton fabric and thread that gives fabric or yarns a lustrous appearance and strengthens them. The process is applied to cellulosic materials like cotton or hemp.

Definition of mercerize in the English dictionary

The definition of mercerize in the dictionary is to treat with an alkali to increase its strength and reception to dye and impart a lustrous silky appearance.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MERCERIZE

PRESENT

Present

I mercerize

you mercerize

he/she/it mercerizes

we mercerize

you mercerize

they mercerize

Present continuous

I am mercerizing

you are mercerizing

he/she/it is mercerizing

we are mercerizing

you are mercerizing

they are mercerizing

Present perfect

I have mercerized

you have mercerized

he/she/it has mercerized

we have mercerized

you have mercerized

they have mercerized

Present perfect continuous

I have been mercerizing

you have been mercerizing

he/she/it has been mercerizing

we have been mercerizing

you have been mercerizing

they have been mercerizing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I mercerized

you mercerized

he/she/it mercerized

we mercerized

you mercerized

they mercerized

Past continuous

I was mercerizing

you were mercerizing

he/she/it was mercerizing

we were mercerizing

you were mercerizing

they were mercerizing

Past perfect

I had mercerized

you had mercerized

he/she/it had mercerized

we had mercerized

you had mercerized

they had mercerized

Past perfect continuous

I had been mercerizing

you had been mercerizing

he/she/it had been mercerizing

we had been mercerizing

you had been mercerizing

they had been mercerizing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will mercerize

you will mercerize

he/she/it will mercerize

we will mercerize

you will mercerize

they will mercerize

Future continuous

I will be mercerizing

you will be mercerizing

he/she/it will be mercerizing

we will be mercerizing

you will be mercerizing

they will be mercerizing

Future perfect

I will have mercerized

you will have mercerized

he/she/it will have mercerized

we will have mercerized

you will have mercerized

they will have mercerized

Future perfect continuous

I will have been mercerizing

you will have been mercerizing

he/she/it will have been mercerizing

we will have been mercerizing

you will have been mercerizing

they will have been mercerizing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would mercerize

you would mercerize

he/she/it would mercerize

we would mercerize

you would mercerize

they would mercerize

Conditional continuous

I would be mercerizing

you would be mercerizing

he/she/it would be mercerizing

we would be mercerizing

you would be mercerizing

they would be mercerizing

Conditional perfect

I would have mercerize

you would have mercerize

he/she/it would have mercerize

we would have mercerize

you would have mercerize

they would have mercerize

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been mercerizing

you would have been mercerizing

he/she/it would have been mercerizing

we would have been mercerizing

you would have been mercerizing

they would have been mercerizing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you mercerize
we let´s mercerize
you mercerize

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to mercerize

Past participle

mercerized

Present Participle

mercerizing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF MERCERIZE

Find out the translation of mercerize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mercerize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mercerize» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 丝光
• Translator English - Spanish: mercerize
• English: mercerize
• Translator English - Hindi: mercerize
• Translator English - Arabic: مرسر متن القطن المغزول
• Translator English - Russian: mercerize
• Translator English - Portuguese: mercerize
• Translator English - Bengali: কার্পাস বস্ত্রকে রেশেমী বস্ত্রের ন্যায় চকচকে করা
• Translator English - French: merceriser
• Translator English - Malay: Mercerize
• Translator English - German: merzerisieren
• Translator English - Japanese: mercerize
• Translator English - Korean: mercerize
• Translator English - Javanese: Mercerize
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thấm
• Translator English - Tamil: mercerize
• Translator English - Marathi: मौसमी
• Translator English - Turkish: merserize etmek
• Translator English - Italian: mercerizzare
• Translator English - Polish: mercerize
• Translator English - Ukrainian: mercerize
• Translator English - Romanian: mercerize
• Translator English - Greek: mercerize
• Translator English - Afrikaans: merceriseren
• Translator English - Swedish: mercerize
• Translator English - Norwegian: mercerize

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCERIZE»

Discover the use of mercerize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mercerize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

America's Textile Reporter: For the Combined Textile Industries

Mass. — Dye, bleach and finish cotton piece goods. Farwell Bleachery. Lawrence, Mass. — Dye, bleach, mercerize and finish cotton piece goods. Fidelity Finishing Works, Philadelphia. Pa. — Dye and finish woolen and worsted piece goods.

‎1922

Chemical Technology in the Pre-Treatment Processes of Textiles

mercerize -> Desize in Cistern -» Wash -> Scour in kier under pressure -> Wash —> Open boil in kier using H202 —> Rinse in kier -» Wash -—> Scutch —> Dry. 2.6.2 Process sequence for cotton fabric on J-Box Method A : For white/printing ...

S.R. Karmakar, 1999

Quarterly Statement of Imported Merchandise Entered for ...

Plain woven, mercerize (square yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . .j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woven figured (lap ts),meroerized (square yards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%; .

United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1915

Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries in ...

We. Bleach,. Dye. and. Mercerize. Capacity, 36,000 Daily .“MYASON MEANS MERIT" We produce the lustre of Silk on Cotton Yarns that we Fast Colors and Blacks dyed for Broad Silks, Ribbons and Embroidery Purposes.

‎1915

A New Dictionary of Eponyms

MERCERIZE. John Mercer (1791-1866) worked in his father's cotton mill in Lancaster, England, and, through a fellow worker, learned to read and write when he was ten years old. John's primary interest, which had been music, changed to the ...

Morton S. Freeman, 1997

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics: PSiCL.

However, derivatives appear with gender, e.g., all but one derivatives in mercerize. Incidentally, in the case of this borrowing, no category markers for the derivatives listed below appear in the dictionary. 5.7. Repetition of category markers in ...

‎2002

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics: PSiCL.

However, derivatives appear with gender, e.g., all but one derivatives in mercerize. Incidentally, in the case of this borrowing, no category markers for the derivatives listed below appear in the dictionary. 5.7. Repetition of category markers in ...

Jacek Fisiak, 2003

Dockham's American Report and Directory of the Textile ...

E. Schultz, gen. mgr.; print, bleach, dye, finish and mercerize cotton fabrics, employ 175, 185 Front, PAWTUCKET BENNETT DYE WORKS (out of business), CENTRAL FALLS, “ DEMPSEY BLEACHERY AND DYE WORKS, dye, finish and  ...

‎1918

Routledge German Dictionary of Chemistry and Chemical ...

Laurinsaure. Lauge-MaBldsung f(anal) standard base Laugemittel n leaching agent laugen (min tech) to leach [out], to lixiviate; (text) to buck, to mercerize -/ mikrobiell (min tech, biot) to leach with microorganisms Laugen n 1. (text) mercerizing ...

Technische Universitat Dreden, 2014

Quips, Quotes and Savvy Sayings: A Resource for Lovers of ...

... who did not brand his cattle) The term refers to an unbranded animal or to a person who acts in an independent manner. Mercerize (Named for John Mercer, English calico dealer) Mercerize means 58 Quips, Quotes and Savvy Sayings.

Phyllis Martin, 2006

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCERIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mercerize is used in the context of the following news items.

Neighborhood of the Week: Mill village Saylesville has a character …

The Sayles plant "was one of the largest cloth finishers in the United States to mercerize cotton thread, the first to print cotton and silk with fast ... «The Providence Journal, Jun 15»

The Corleones of the Caspian

The immediate aim of this three-tiered charm offensive is to "Johnny Mercerize" an otherwise ugly domestic political reality, as one veteran Azerbaijan specialist, ... «AzeriReport, Jun 14»

South Bend's champion set to spell for a chance at national title

Hudson Wellin, an eighth-grader at Community Baptist Christian School, correctly spelled "mercerize" during his first appearance on stage at ... «South Bend Tribune, May 14»

South Windsor 5th-grader wins New Haven Register Spelling Bee

He and Christina battled through many high-level words, including “mercerize,” “succotash” and “boudoir.” Christina tripped-up on “dollop” ... «New Haven Register, Mar 14»

Woodmore student wins spelling bee

... albatross, palette, gregarious, concerto, nabob (a man of great wealth), hyperbole, gauche, chassis, misogynist, and mercerize (give luster, ... «Toledo Blade, Mar 14»

Jonathan Capuyan wins Monterey County Spelling Bee

Roober correctly spelled the words: sumo, knavery, incorruptible, guilder, mystique, banzai, innocuous, halal, mercerize, madeleine, mukhtar, ... «KSBW The Central Coast, Mar 14»

PV is Positive – by Janet Prescott

Another asset is the ability to mercerize TENCEL® LF and, says Lenzing, of all the cellulosic fibres, the handle of TENCEL® LF is closest to ... «Knitting Industry, Sep 13»

Billings eighth-grader wins state spelling bee; Lolo's Sam Person …

Hall nailed words such as mercerize, addlepated and vaccine. But, in round 16, Hall said the word “bumptiously” almost stumped him. «The Missoulian, Mar 13»

Winner crowned at Jersey Journal Spelling Bee after 20 rounds of …

Gonzalez got arachnid, and Bacallao spelled mercerize. It wasn't until Bacallao slipped up on zwinger (he spelled it svinger) that Gonzalez got ... «The Jersey Journal - NJ.com, Feb 12»