Meaning

1 senses

  1. To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

    Mordant these goods for dyeing.

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.

From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.

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Forms

mordants, mordanting, mordanted, mordanted
Base formmordant · to mordant
3rd person singularmordants
Present participlemordanting
Past simplemordanted
Past participlemordanted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymordant
he, she, itmordants

Past simpleLesson

all personsmordanted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mordanted
he, she, ithas mordanted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mordant

Word family

3 related words
Relatedmordent
Derivedremordantunmordanted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
morassmoratoriummoraymorbidmoreA1

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