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emerize

American  
[em-uh-rahyz] / ˈɛm əˌraɪz /
especially British, emerise

verb (used with object)

emerized, emerizing

  1. to finish (fabric) with a cylinder covered with emery in order to make the raised nap even and give luster to the fabric.

Etymology

Origin of emerize

emer(y) + -ize

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